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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 31 July 1998, to send further information regarding Lumbini. With the letter are some handwritten notes explaining the context of the articles sent. The articles are:

• 'Aśokan Pillars: A Re-assessment of the Evidence - III: Capitals' by John Irwin, The Burlington Magazine, October 1975;
• 'Report on a Tour of Exploration of the Antiquities in the Tarai, Nepal' by Makherji, 1901;
• An extract from 'Archaeological Activities in Lumbini 1978-83' by Krishna Rijal, Lumbini Development Committee, 1983;
• An image from 'Archaeological Remains of Kapilavastu, Lumbini and Devedala' by Krishna Rijal, Kathmandu, 1979;
• A section on Lumbini from 'Buddhist Monuments' by Debala Mitra;
• Press release, forwarded by the Buddhist Association concerning discoveries at Lumbini of the 'birth chamber of the Buddha;
• 'Disputed turf' from Japan Times Weekly;
• 'The Life of Buddha' by E.J. Thomas, 1924 with supplementary note by Phelps;
• 'Recent Buddhist Discoveries' by V.A. Smith, Journal of the Maha Bodhi Society, April 1898;
• Annotated sketch map of Part-tarai, Nepal;
• Part of Smith's preface to Mukherji's report and part of the report, 1901;
• Printed letter from Dr A Fuhrer, 1899, with supplementary note by Phelps;
• Further supplementary notes concerning Fuhrer;
• An extract from 'Sacred Grove of Lumbini:
• Historical and Archaeological Significance' by Mukunda Aryal, 1989, Kathmandu, with supplementary note by Phelps;
• An extract from an article by John Irwin in the Burlington Magazine.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 8 October 1998, concerning further information about the pillar inscription at Lumbini. With the letter are several photocopies. These are:

• 'Grandfather Khadga' Chapter one from 'Princess' by Manshar Malgonker, Century, 1985;
• A leaflet produced for the Lumbini Festival Ashokan Pillar Centenary, 1996;
• Part of an article by V.A. Smith from Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897;
• Smith's 'Prefectory Note' to Mukherji's 1901 Report;
• An extract from 'Excavation at Tilaurakot and Kadan and Exploration in the Tarai' by Debala Mitra, 1971.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 5 May 1999, to send more information concerning the Lumbini inscription. With the letter are photocopies. These are:

• An extract from 'On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India' by Thomas Watters, 1905;
• Letter from Graham Hutt, Curator, Chinese Section, British Library, to Terence Phelps, 19 March 1999;
• Part of 'A catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka' by Bunyiu Nanjio;
• A letter from T.H. Barrett, Professor of East Asian History, to Terence Phelps, 22 April 1999.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 1 September 1999, to enclose photocopies of Yuan Chwang's description of the Lumbini Garden and comments upon their significance. With the letter are photocopies of:

• A plan of the archaeological remains at Lumbini;
• An extract from the 'Records of Western Countries' by Beal, 1884;
• 'Nepal: The Lumbini Grove' from Fuhrer's Monograph;
• Extracts from 'The Antiquities in the Tarai, Nepal' by P.C. Mukherji, 1901;
• An image of the Aśokan pillar at Rummindei near Bhagvanpur.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 3 November 1999, to ask whether any copies of the Cunningham reliquary from Stupa No. 7 at Satdhara were despatched from the British Museum to India before 1899. With the letter is a photocopy of the reliquary.

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, 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, 3 February 2000, to inform of his further research concerning Fuhrer and Khadga Shamsher. With the letters are copies of:

• An extract from a report for the Department of Reserve and Agriculture (Archaeology and Epigraphy), file No 24 of 1898;
• An extract from V.A. Smith's preface to P.C. Mukkherji's report, 1899;
• Some extracts from Fuhrer's monograph;
• A letter from K.P. Poonacha, Archaeological Survey of India, 1 October 1999.

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, 19 February 2000, to send photocopies which help illuminate the problems concerning both Watter's and Fuhrer's interpretations and discoveries. With the letter are photocopies of:

• An extract from Watters' 'Kapilavastu in the Buddhist Books', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
• An extract on the She Kia Fang Che by Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya;
• An extract from Fuhrer's Annual Progress report, Archaeological Survey, 1896-7;
• An extract from Fuhrer's monograph;
• An extract from NWP report, August 1899;
• An extract from V.A. Smith's article in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897:
• An image of the Aśokan pillar at Rummindei near Bhagvanpur.