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.

A plan of Chaitya Cave (unfinished), scale 15 feet to an inch.

A drawing of a rock cut Láth, left of the court in front of Chaitya Cave. The drawing has been copied from a photograph by Johnson, scale approximately 1/4 of an inch to foot. This is sheet 8 in the folder.

A drawing of a Column in Cave 8, scale 1/2 inch to a foot. This is sheet 10 in the folder.

Documents relating to the Shailarwadi and Bâmachandra Caves. For the Shailarwadi Caves there is: No.1: A copy of a description of the caves, written by Henry West on his visit, 16 July 1856. No.2: A further description, written by Edward William West, 15 December 1864. No.3: Plans of caves 1,3,4 and 6, at a scale of 1/10 inch to a foot, dated December 1864. No.4: Copy of the inscription in the Temple, on the Poona road, taken from Mr Brett's facsimile of 2 May 1854. No.5: Tracings of copies of inscriptions made by A.A. West from copies by Dr. Bradley.

And for the Bâmachandra Caves: No.6: A copy of a descriptive note by Edward William West. 1864-5.

Drawings of Cave number one at Bawadhon and the Caves, a doorway, a pillar and a sculpture at Rajpuri.

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 the Caves near Kolhapur, taken from Selections from the Records of Bombay Government's Statistical Report on the Principality of Kolhapur made by Major D.C. Graham in 1854. There are also two drawings on tracing paper - one is a plan of the Caves at [Porvala] and the other of Caves in the Ravine called [Pandow] Durra, both copied from the statistical report.

Copy of notes about the Mahad Caves, originally written by A. West, 22nd May 1853, and copied in July 1868. With the description are drawings on tracing paper of palns caves, pilaster ornaments, pillars, plaster panelling and an inscription.

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