Michael D. Willis

Michael Willis is an Indologist and historian based at Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in London.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Willis took his B.A.

B. van Buitenen and Pramod Chandra, receiving his doctoral degree in 1988 after periods in India and Cyprus.

Willis's main research interest has been the cultural, political and religious history of India from early times to the advent of colonialism.

[4] Concurrently Willis developed an interest in Tibet and published a popular book on the subject.

Reliquary from Sonari Stūpa no. 2 in the Victoria and Albert Museum , published in Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India .
Cover of Precious Treasures fom the Diamond Throne , published by British Museum Press.