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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, 22 March 1995, in which he responds to Willis' comments on his paper that he'd sent concerning Piprahwa. He encloses an extract from Krishna Rijal's book (not present) and explains that he is conducting his research for the pleasure and adventure.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 11 September 1995, to send further information concerning his research regarding Fuhrer. With the letter is a typed report concerning the deceptions of Alois Fuhrer as gleaned from the National Archives of India.

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, 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, 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, 25 July 2000, to send copies taken from Fuhrer's Annual Progress report for 1893. The copies are with the letter.

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, 8 September 2000, to send further copies of the articles he had send in August as he was unsure whether that had been received by Willis. With the letter are copies of:

• Harry Falk's article, 'The Discovery of Lumbini';
• An extract from Fuhrer's progress reports for 1894, 1896 and 1897;
• An extract from P.C. Mukherji, 1901;
• An extract from V.A. Smith's 1900 article;
• Typed extracts from Bhikshu Sudarshan's article on Lumbini with supplementary note from Phelps.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 26 April 2001, to send articles by J. Ph. Vogel and Sir John Marshall. Copies of these articles from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society are with the letter as are two further extracts of articles relating to Sravasti.