Unfinished pencil drawing of a column with a decorative capital from Cave No. 3.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerArchaeology--India
16 Archival description results for Archaeology--India
A descriptive list of the the sculptural programmes within 21 of the caves, with the addition of a very detailed description of Cave No. 35 on smaller inserted pages.
Alongside Cave No. 35, included are the following caves: No. 2-5, 10, 11, 14, 21, 29, 35, 45, 51, 64, 66, 67, 70, 72, 75, 78, 79, and 84.
These are pages 18 - 22 on the folder list, with the addition of inserted pages.
West Edward William 1824-1905A brief descriptive list of the facades and entrances to caves No. 1 to 100.
These are pages 30 and 31 on the folder list.
Rough list of architectural sketches made by the West Brothers.
These are pages number 27 and 28 on the folder list.
A list of the caves for which descriptions have been written by July 22nd 1862. Included in the list are initials of the author of the description and some dates, as well as corresponding page numbers where the descriptions could be found.
These are pages 32 and 33 on the folder list.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerList of all caves containing sculptured figures. Page 26 on the folder list.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerAn unbound notebook of notes, sketches and drawings taken by Walter West during his visit to the Kanheri Caves on the 27th and 28th of December 1870. The notebook is comprised of 36 pages, with an additional 12 smaller inserted pages. The notes were taken to complete the information which had previously obtained regrading the facades, columns, pilasters and stūpas. Also included is W. West's travel itinerary and a brief summary of his stay at the Caves.
West WalterHand drawn ink and ink wash floor plan on Cave No. 11 on paper. Scale 15 ft. to an inch.
West Clement EngineerA smaller piece of card and paper pasted onto a sheet of folscap paper. The first is an impression of what is believed to be a coin found in front of Cave No. 7 in November 1852, with a brief explanatory note dated January 1853. The second is a letter dated to approximately June 1853 sent from Henry West to a Dr. Wilson containing a copy short inscription from Kanheri.
The addressee is most likely John Wilson, once President of the Bombay Asiatic Society, Bombay Cave Temple Commission and lobbyist for the Archaeological Survey of India. This is indicated to on the folder list; 'Dr. J. Wilson'.
West Henry EngineerThree extracts taken from earlier sources regarding the Salsette Caves. First are extracts translated from a French Translation of Carsten Niebuhr's 1780 Voyage en Arabic (Arabian Voyage). The second are extracts from a 1847 work by Dr. J Bird. Third, extracts from J. B. 'Selby's' (Seely?) 1825 Wonders of Ellora. And finally, Notes on Kanheri from James Fergusson's 1845 Rock Cut Temples.
These are pages 3 to 5 on the folder list.