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GB 891 WCP-WCP/1-WCP/1/1
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Letter from Vincent Arthur Smith to William Claxton Peppé, 23 November 1897
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- 23rd Nov 1897 (Creation)
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Letter from Vincent Arthur Smith to William Claxton Peppé in which Smith explains who Aśoka is, with dates, and gives an account of Xuanzang's visit to Lumbini and the broken Aśokan column he saw there, quoting from Beal and Julien. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 23 November 1897.
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- English