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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 12 February 2001, to send further articles relating to Lumbini/Kapilavastu. These are:

• A map of the proposed site of Kapilavastu;
• Some notes on 'The Mayadevi Temple at Rummindei';
• Extracts from P.C. Mukherji's Tour, 1899;
• Extracts from Debela Mitra's Report, 1962, his 'Excavation at Tilaurakot and Kaden, 1971, and 'Buddhist Monuments', 1971;
• Copy of the Will of Laurence Austine Waddell with supplementary note by Phelps;
• 'A tiny mountain town may reveal secrets about Buddha' by David Keys, the Independent, 18 November 2000 with supplementary note by Phelps.

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, 1 September 1999, to enclose photocopies of Yuan Chwang's description of the Lumbini Garden and comments upon their significance. With the letter are photocopies of:

• A plan of the archaeological remains at Lumbini;
• An extract from the 'Records of Western Countries' by Beal, 1884;
• 'Nepal: The Lumbini Grove' from Fuhrer's Monograph;
• Extracts from 'The Antiquities in the Tarai, Nepal' by P.C. Mukherji, 1901;
• An image of the Aśokan pillar at Rummindei near Bhagvanpur.

Letter from Terence Phelps to J.R. Knox, 19 August 2003, to ask, in light of Michael Willis' sabbatical from the British Museum, whether he should still send updates concerning his research to the British Museum.

Letter from Terence Phelps to J.R. Knox, 12 September 2003, to acknowledge his previous reply and ask his opinion on forwarding the material he is sending.

Copy 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.

Letter 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.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray attempts to get Allen to withdraw his rejection to joining the committee on Georgian history, Gray tells Allen of Toumanoff's failings in his assessment of the genealogical system of succession. Gray also reaffirms that the committee needs a historian with Allen's knowledge. Finally, he includes a few questions regarding the history of early Georgian dynasties. Dated: 9 May 1958.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray updates Allen on his work on Georgia and offers a critique of the work done with regards to the study of genealogy, feudalism and codification of law by academics working on the subject. Dated: 9 April 1959.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray informs Allen of his trip to Lybian desert [Libya] via Sicily and his short expedition in the desert. He goes on to update Allen about the Castelli manuscripts he saw on Georgia and his concerns regarding its conservation. Dated: 6 May 1959.