Fonds TP - Papers of Terence A. Phelps

1 archival box

This material was mostly sent to Michael Willis from Terence Phelps and others.

The material was donated to the Royal Asiatic Society by Michael Willis in October 2021. A small amount had been previously sent to the Society by Terence Phelps.

The papers contain correspondence with Michael Willis, article written by Phelps and others; and other correspondence. These are all concerning excavations in Northern India particularly around relics concerned with the origins of Buddha.

These papers were created into 3 series:

• TP/1 Correspondence with Michael Willis
• TP/2 Articles
• TP/3 Further Correspondence

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Allied to this material are the Papers of William Claxton Peppé.

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.