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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 April 1998, in which he encourages that the British Museum should appraise the Piprahwa relics held by the Peppé family. He also sends some articles which concern potential copies of the relics. With the letter are photocopies of:

• part of a letter from the Chief Secretary, N.W. Provinces and Oudh, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department concerning the relics;
• the letter from V.A. Smith in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
• copy of a letter sent from Phelps to Neil Peppé, 10 January 1998;
• an annotated copy of 'The Annihilation of Lord Buddha's family' from the Pioneer, 18 August 1956;
• an extract from Debala Mitra's 'Buddhist Monuments';
• an extract from the catalogue of papers held by the Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge, with note by Phelps;
• parts of an article from the Peppé handlist and the Peppé article in JRAS, 1898.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 17 May 2001, to send further items of relevance to his research. With the article are copies of:

• An unnamed article concerning the location of Magahar;
• An extract about Kapilavastu;
• An annotated map and plan of the Piprahwa region;
• An extract concerning the ruins at Korau;
• An extract from Fuhrer's 'Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions of the North-Western Provinces', 1891;
• An extract concerning the birthplace of Kanaka Muni; A further extract concerning Kapilavastu.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 17 March 1995, in which Phelps asks whether the British Museum might like reference documents from the Indian archives concerning Alois Fuhrer's activities with U Ma, a Burmese monk.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 16 November 1999, to thank Willis for advice concerning apposite articles, and to inform regarding his current modes of enquiry. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Extracts from R. Salamae's 'Indian Epigraphy';
• An extract from K.M Srivastava's 'Discovery of Kapilavasta', Delhi 1986;
• The title page for 'On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India'.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 16 February 2000, to inform of a CD that Willis might wish for his research. With the letter is a letter and advertisement from the Vipassana Trust concerning a CD-ROM of the Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 15 December 1999, in response to a previous telephone call, to send copies of extracts from Fuhrer's Monograph. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Chapters II and VI from Fuhrer's Monograph;
• An extract from NWP and Oudh Proceedings, 1899;
• An extract from D.C. Sircar's 'Indian epigraphy', 1967.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 14 August 2000, to enclose a translation of Harry Falk's article, 'The Discovery of Lumbini'. The article is with the letter as are:

• Typed extracts from Bhikshu Sudarshan's article on Lumbini;
• An extract from P.C. Mukkarji's 'Antiquities', 1901;
• An extract from Fuhrer's 1895 and 1897 Archaeological reports with supplementary note by Phelps;
• An extract from V.A. Smith's 1900 article in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 14 April 2002, to send further updates about his research. With the letter are photocopies of:

• A map of the Mayher region with supplementary notes by Phelps;
• Pp303 from 'The History, Antiquities etc. of Eastern India' by Francis Buchanan with supplementary note by Phelps;
• pp.26-7 from a 'Report of a Tour in the Gorakhpur District in 1875-6, SN 1976-7 by A.C.L. Carlleyle with supplementary notes by Phelps;
• A webpage concerning Tameshwar Nath from the National Informatics Centre;
• A map extracted from the Carlleyle publication, vol. 18.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 12 May 2003, to write about the soil at the Kusinagara site. With the letter are copies of extracts of articles concerning Kusinagara by Beal, 1886, Watters, 1902, Bloch 1906-7. Also items relating to Gandak taken from the Internet; and a map of North Bihar Archaeological Sites with supplementary note by Phelps.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 12 July 1998, to inform of his new address and to register his interest in any results if the British Museum were to examine the Peppé artefacts.