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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 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, 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, 12 July 1998, to inform of his new address and to register his interest in any results if the British Museum were to examine the Peppé artefacts.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 12 May 2003, to write about the soil at the Kusinagara site. With the letter are copies of extracts of articles concerning Kusinagara by Beal, 1886, Watters, 1902, Bloch 1906-7. Also items relating to Gandak taken from the Internet; and a map of North Bihar Archaeological Sites with supplementary note by Phelps.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 14 April 2002, to send further updates about his research. With the letter are photocopies of:

• A map of the Mayher region with supplementary notes by Phelps;
• Pp303 from 'The History, Antiquities etc. of Eastern India' by Francis Buchanan with supplementary note by Phelps;
• pp.26-7 from a 'Report of a Tour in the Gorakhpur District in 1875-6, SN 1976-7 by A.C.L. Carlleyle with supplementary notes by Phelps;
• A webpage concerning Tameshwar Nath from the National Informatics Centre;
• A map extracted from the Carlleyle publication, vol. 18.

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, 15 December 1999, in response to a previous telephone call, to send copies of extracts from Fuhrer's Monograph. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Chapters II and VI from Fuhrer's Monograph;
• An extract from NWP and Oudh Proceedings, 1899;
• An extract from D.C. Sircar's 'Indian epigraphy', 1967.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 16 February 2000, to inform of a CD that Willis might wish for his research. With the letter is a letter and advertisement from the Vipassana Trust concerning a CD-ROM of the Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka.

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'.