A folder containing four items relating to the Montpésir Caves in Salsette. These include: No.1: Short notes by Selby - and Arthur A. West in 1848. No.2: Sketch and drawing of the Tower, 1854, scale 20 feet to an inch. No.3: A Note by Henry West in 1853. No.4: Anquetil du Perron - his sketch plan and notes.

Ink and pencil drawings of three examples of niches and their designs from Cave No. 45 and 56, including a brief annotation. The niche from Cave No. 45 includes an image of Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudra. Scale is half an inch to a foot.

Descriptive notes and two sketches regarding the foundations or stepped shelves cut into the face of the rock on the North slope of the large hill at Kanheri.

A collection of notes transcribed by A. A. W from letters sent to him from E. W. West between May 14th and June 14th 1872. The notes sent were taken from the 'White Note Book'. The notes were originally written by A. A. West, C. West and E. W. West. Alongside three sketches, they list short descriptions, architectural measurements, and dates of surveys undertaken by the brothers.

These are pages 8a and 8b on the folder list.

A small hand written note with some rough sketches regarding the dimensions and decoration of Cave No. 3, mounted on a A4 sheet of paper.

A brief descriptive list of the facades and entrances to caves No. 1 to 100.
These are pages 30 and 31 on the folder list.

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.

A list of shorthand descriptions of 35 caves, including, but not limited to, information on the positioning of entrances, condition of water tanks, dimensions, as well as proximity and comparisons to other caves. Some small rough sketches of ornamentation are also included.

The caves listed are: No. 6 -7, 14, 21, 42 - 51, 69 - 88, and 93 - 99.

These are pages 13 - 17 on the folder list.

Offprint of of Edward William West's Paper on Kanheri Inscriptions. From the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The original paper had been presented at the Society on 12 April 1860.

Offprint of Edward William West's article 'Results of Excavations in Cave No. 13 at Kanheri' presented to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society on the 10th of October 1861.

This is item number 10 on the folder list.