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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 27 February 1996, to send a copy of the press release, forwarded by the Buddhist Association concerning discoveries at Lumbini of the 'birth chamber of the Buddha'. He believes his researches may now be coming to an end. The report is with the letter.

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'.

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.

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, 24 July 1996, to send some information found by a friend on the Internet. With the letter is an article 'Caught Live!' from the Japan Times Weekly for 18 November 1995.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 24 February 2001, to send the remainder of the copies of Fuhrer's letter to U Ma, the Burmese monk, Phelps had received from the National Archives of India. These copies are with the letter.

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, 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.

Letter 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, 20 April 1995, in which he informs Willis that further research has led to a revised edition of his paper. He is concerned about the rigour of his research and of the reputation of Fuhrer.