File TP/1/10 - Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 6 March 1997

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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 6 March 1997

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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 6 March 1997, to send previously overlooked sources which disclose more information concerning Piprahwa. He comments upon these sources. With the letter are photocopies from:

  • 'The Buddha's Relics from Kapilavastu' by K.M. Srivasteva, Delhi 1986;
  • 'Discovery of Kapilavastu' by K.M. Srivasteva, Delhi 1986;
  • 'The Piprawha Stupa containing relics of Buddha' by William Claxton Peppé, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, July 1898;
  • 'Discovery of Kapilavastu' concerning Watters 1898 article on the location;
  • Letter from V.A. Smith to Professor Rhys Davids, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
  • 'The Distribution of Buddhist Relics' from the Journal of the Mahi-Bodhi Society, May 1900;
  • 'Buddha's Relics from Kapilavastu'.

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