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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.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 2 September 1996, to express his disagreement with a caption on an exhibit at the Hotung Gallery. He records his suggested change to the caption. With the letter are photocopies of images and captions for two exhibits, and some pages from 'A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism' by C. Humphreys concerning the Wheel of Life and the Wheel of the Law.

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.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 March 1996, in which he thanks Willis for sending an article on early Indian scripts. He states his reservations concerning the article. He asks to be informed if Willis knows of the posthumous deposit of Fleet's papers. With the letter is:

• a copy of part of the book, 'Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas by Romila Thapar', Oxford University Press, 1963, pp. 6-7, 258-263,
• an annotated map to show the possible Sravasti site,
• an annotated copy of the will of John Faithfull Fleet with attached note from Phelps concerning the condition of Fleet's gravestone.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 July 2001, concerning the dating of items from the excavations at Tilaurakot and Kapilavastu.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 July 1998, entitled 'Thinking the Unthinkable', to send articles concerning Hoet and Fuhrer and their discoveries in India. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Parts of the Proceedings, NWP Public Works Department, 1899:
• Miscellaneous, Archaeology and Epigraphy, India Office Library, London;
• 'Holy Places of Buddhism in Nepal and India' by Majupuries;
• An entry for Lumbini from the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics;
• 'The birthplace of Gautama Buddha' by V.A. Smith from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897.