File WCP/1/8 - Letter from Dr. Alois Anton Führer to William Claxton Peppé, 3 February 1898

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GB 891 WCP-WCP/1-WCP/1/8

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Letter from Dr. Alois Anton Führer to William Claxton Peppé, 3 February 1898

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  • 3rd Feb 1898 (Creation)

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Letter from Dr. Alois Anton Führer in Camp to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore, in which he writes that he hopes to visit Piprahwakot on 22 February. At present he is excavating 'a very old lion temple . . . at the home of Buddha Gautama'. Führer gives directions for the excavation at Piprahwa and writes that he has found a bronze urn with an inscription. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 3 February 1898.

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