A leather bound portfolio containing four folders entitled 'Caves in the Satara Districts', 'Mahar and Kura Caves', 'Junnar Caves and Nana Ghat', and 'Nasik Caves South and North Series'.

Drawings of a pilaster ornament of the inner verandah, and of panelling to the parapet of the outer verandah of Cave number 6.

This collection consists of seven leather bound portfolios containing topographical drawings, maps, floor plans, notes and papers that the West brothers had created when working in the Maharashtra region of India in the mid to late 1800's. The main focus of the collection is the Kanheri Caves; a group of over 109 rock cut temples located in what is today the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on the western outskirts of Mumbai. The brothers studied these caves over the course of several decades, returning to the site many times to check and amend measurements, locations, and expand open their interpretation of the site. The remainder of the collection covers several other sites such as: Ajanta, Ellora and Daulatabad.

Descriptions, plans and drawings from the Kura caves in the Konkan.

Diagram plans of Caves 1-26 at Kura

Description of the 26 Kura caves written by Edward William West.

A list of the columns and pilasters in the 26 Kura caves.

Plan and front elevation of the Caves of Chipalun (Chiplun) in the Konkan. There is an additional note to state that this is the only note about Chiplun that was preserved.

Notes on Caves of the Konkan taken from other authors' descriptions.