Note in ink in the hand of William Claxton Peppé with copy of inscription in pencil with details of where the inscription was found, Handwriten, 1 side, undated.
Zonder titelArchaeology - India
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Letter from Dr Laurence A. Waddell to William Claxton Peppé in which he thanks Peppé for his letter and umbrella. He would be glad to have loan of Peppé's large solah topi. He is looking forward to working out the precise location of Tawliva. He asks Peppé to tell him the point at which he crossed the frontier for Gawra and continues with more news of his explorations. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 29 January 1899.
Zonder titelLetter from Ven. W. Subhuti at Waskaduwa Vihara to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore, in which he writes that he has not heard from Peppé for a long time. Prince Priest Jinavaravansa has returned to Ceylon and although he has learned much from him about the relics, Subhuti still wishes to know from Peppé 'whether the large pieces of relics were in a separate case from the small dust like relics or whether the both of them were intermingled in the same case'. He also wishes to know more about one relic which has some 'transparent substances in the form of loaf sugar'. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 4 May 1899.
Zonder titelLetter from the New York Press to William Claxton Peppé in which they ask for photographs of the relics so that they may be reproduced in the Sunday press. They promise to return the photographs immediately. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 5 January 1898 [but likely to be error in New Year for 1899].
Zonder titel"The Buddhist Stupa at Piprahwa on the Birdpur Estate." A draft of the paper published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1898 (3), pp.573-578. The main body of the text is in Peppé's handwriting but there some emendations and additions in another hand, probably that of Vincent Smith. However these do not appear in the article as published but the article is considerably revised from this draft and has an additional note by Vincent Smith (pp. 579-588). Handwritten, 7 sides, undated [1898].
Zonder titelList of the Finds at Piprahwa. Handwritten in Vincent Smith's hand, 3 sides, undated [1898].
Zonder titel"List of jewels & ornaments (placed in the vases) found in the coffer excavated at Piprawah Kot Birdpore Estate Basti District N.K.P. placed at the disposal of the Government by Mr W.C. Peppé, agent and representative of the Proprietors of the Birdpore Estate. and made over by him to the Imperial Museum Calcutta on the June 1898." Draft lists of items found. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated June 1898.
Zonder titelUntitled list of finds subdivided into containers, labelled A-M and I-XIII. Handwritten, 4 sides, undated [1898].
Chart with text and numbers in nagari script, 22.5 x 19.5 cm. Yellow/brown paper. Pencilled plan and calculation on verso. Undated.
"Scale plan of the Piprahwah stupa." Plan on yellow/brown paper in black, red and blue colouring with writing in English and nagari script, 55 x 45.5 cm. Plus a further loose page of nagari text and chart with numerals, 22.5 x 14 cm. Handwritten, 4 sides, undated [1898[.