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'The RAS Peppé Papers' by T.A. Phelps. With this article is a letter from Phelps to the Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the article and thank for allowing access to the Papers, dated 23 November 2009. Also with the article are copies of the references he has cited within his work.

'The Piprahwa Deceptions: Setups and Showdown' by T.A. Phelps, 2008, an article adapted from a talk given at Harewood House in 2006 and posted online.

'Piprahwa: A Three-Pipe Problem' by T.A. Phelps, a copy of Phelps' monograph, 1995.

Note from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, postmarked 8 August 2001, to send an article from The Hindustan Times, '2,500 year old skeleton found' by Keshav Pradhan, 8 February 2001. A printout of the article is with the note.

'Lumbini and Kapilavastu: Are They both in India?' by T.A. Phelps, a copy of the monograph, undated (c.2001). With the article is a post-it note 'Michael - for you, Eliz.'

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, 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, 6 March 1997, to send previously overlooked sources which disclose more information concerning Piprahwa. He comments upon these sources. With the letter are photocopies from:

• 'The Buddha's Relics from Kapilavastu' by K.M. Srivasteva, Delhi 1986;
• 'Discovery of Kapilavastu' by K.M. Srivasteva, Delhi 1986;
• 'The Piprawha Stupa containing relics of Buddha' by William Claxton Peppé, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, July 1898;
• 'Discovery of Kapilavastu' concerning Watters 1898 article on the location;
• Letter from V.A. Smith to Professor Rhys Davids, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
• 'The Distribution of Buddhist Relics' from the Journal of the Mahi-Bodhi Society, May 1900;
• 'Buddha's Relics from Kapilavastu'.

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, 5 April 1995, to send a revised copy of his paper (not present). He remarks upon the Piprahwa's 'casket' and its correspondence with a reliquary from Bhajpur.