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GB 891 WCP-WCP/2-WCP/2/2
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W.C. Peppé's Excavations at Piprahwa: Supplementary Note
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- 21st Oct 2009 (Creation)
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Dr Roger B Parsons worked at the British Library and as Librarian at the Buddhist Society. Upon retirement in 2005, he started volunteering at the Royal Asiatic Society, undertaking cataloguing of the Society's collections, most notably the Rawlinson papers. He volunteered with the Society until mid-2024. In 2023, Roger received Life Membership of the Society in recognition of his work with the collections.
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"W.C. Peppé's Excavations at Piprahwa: Supplementary Note by R B Parsons" in which he comments concerning how further excavations of the site, which are published in "Excavation at Piprahwa and Ganwari" by K.M. Srivastava (New Delhi 1996: Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No 94), may affect interpretation of the material.
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- English
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- Parsons Roger B RAS Volunteer (Subject)