Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 3 October 2001, to enclose a copy of Phelps' paper on the 'Lumbini/Kapilavastu position'. He asks for Willis' comments. The paper, 'Lumbini and Kapilavastu: Are They Both in India?' is with the letter.
Sin títuloCopy of a letter from Terence Phelps to Dr J.R. Knox, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, 20 November 2001, to send a copy of his paper as Phelps is aware that Michael Willis, at that time, was in India. He also informs of other recipients of his paper.
Sin títuloLetter from Dr J.R. Knox to Terence Phelps, 23 November 2001, to thank him for his letter and monograph and assure him that Dr Willis will see it on his return.
Sin títuloLetter from Terence Phelps to Dr J.R. Knox, 1 December 2001, to thank for his letter and send him a copy of an email from Michael Lee Walter. The copy is with the letter.
Sin títuloLetter 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, 26 April 2002, to send a copy of his acknowledgment from the Archaeological Survey of India. Also with the letter is the beginning of an article 'Ramajanma Bhumi: Ayodhya - New Archaeological Discoveries'.
Sin títuloLetter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 28 November 2002, to send copies of extracts from 'Kabir and the Bhagti Movement' by Maher Singh and a picture of the 'Real Piprahwa Casket'. These are with the letter as is a further copy of p.303 from Buchanan's 'History and Antiquities of Ancient India'.
Sin títuloLetter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 22 December 2002, in which he writes about his resolution to a problem concerning the Lumbini inscriptions. With the letter are copies of extracts from 'The birthplace of Gautama Buddha' from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897.
Sin títuloLetter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 21 April 2003, to inform of his locating of the Rampurwa site. He also writes of the reception of his paper. With the letter are copies of:
- An annotated map of Pachimchamparan, Bihar;
- An extract from 'Kusinārā or Kuśinagara' by V.A. Smith, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, 1901;
- An extract from L.A. Waddell's 'The Buddha's Birth and Death', Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1896;
- An extract from J.H. Marshall's 'Archaeological Exploration of India, 1907-8', JRAS 1908;
- An extract from 'She Kia Fang Che'.
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.
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