The Buddha and Dr Fuhrer: An Archaeological Scandal, Charles Allen's 2008 study from Haus Publishing, is a narrative history of the Piprahwa relic discovery and archaeologist Alois Fuhrer's forgery scandal, written by an established popular historian of British India and its archaeology. Its strength is a full length treatment drawing on the surviving official correspondence and records of the scandal. Its limit is that Allen writes popular narrative history rather than a peer reviewed academic monograph, so a specialist claim about the relics' authenticity should also be checked against archaeological scholarship.
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Charles Allen's The Buddha and Dr Fuhrer: An Archaeological Scandal, Haus Publishing, 2008, the middle tier reflecting a full length narrative history by an established popular historian drawing on the surviving official correspondence, weighed against the ordinary limit that it is popular narrative rather than peer reviewed scholarship, so a specialist claim about the relics' authenticity should also be checked against archaeological scholarship. NotesHistorical account of the Piprahwa relic controversy and archaeologist Alois Fuhrer's forgery scandal, Haus Publishing, 2008.
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AuthorCharles Allen
PublisherHaus Publishing
Publication Year2008
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names India directly: "popular historian of British India and its archaeology."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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