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- 1862 - 1863 (Creation)
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1 folder handwritten and drawn
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A folder containing nine documents relating to the Bája Caves near Bhór Ghât, in the Deccan. These include: No.1: A general plan of the Caves, scale 30 feet to an inch, No.2: A cross-section of Chaitya Cave, scale 1/4 inch to a foot. No.3: Drawings of Emblems found upon the columns in Chaitya Cave, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.4:Rubbings of two emblems found on columns in Chaitya Cave. These are on newspaper. No.5: Copies of Inscriptions 2,3,4,6 and 7, scale 2 inches to a foot. On reverse is an unfinished drawing of an ornamental bell-doorway, from Cave 13, scale 1/2 inch to an foot. No.6: Drs. Stevenson, Wilson and Bird's tentative translations of two inscriptions. No.7: Inscriptions on five Dagob. Inscriptions 5,8,9,10 and 11, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.8: Sketches of two figures in Cave 22; a drawing of a grated window in Cave 13, scale 1/2 inch to a foot; and Inscription No.1 in Cave 6, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.9: A preliminary description of the Bája Caves, 11 February 1862.
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- West Henry d 1858 Engineer (Subject)
- West Edward William 1824-1905 (Subject)
- West Arthur Anderson (Subject)