WELLSTED, Thomas Arthur. London 3.4.1904 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ?.10.1989 (or 1990?). British Mining Engineer in India. Son of Thomas Wilhelm Wellsted (1865–1919) and Lucy Kayser. B.Sc. 1926 London, in mining. Manager of mine in Central India (Madhya Pradesh). In 1933 surveyed the remains of Ramtek. In 1938 living in Balaghat. Twice married, with Yolande Mauboussin and Margherita Engelhardt.
Publications: “Notes on the Vakatakas of the Central Provinces and Berar, and their Country, 4th to 8th Century A.D.”, JASB N.S. 29, 1933, 159-166, pl. 4-12.
Sources: A few stray notes in Internet (mostly on the Tirodi copper-plates). It is not confirmed that the family and life dates taken from ancestry.com belong to the same man.
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