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Descriptions, drawings and plans of the Aurungabad Caves. These are:

• A partial description by E.W. West, January 1864. Plan of Cave No.1.
• Diagram of Cave No.2 from Dr. Bradley's description.
• Plans of Cave Nos. 1 and 5.
• Plan of Cave No. 6.
• Notes from Dr. Bradley's description.
• Unfinished drawing of a Column in Cave No.1.
• Drawing, from a paper impression, of an ornament on a pilaster in Cave No. 1. A list of some details.

Also with this material are some notes about Dowlatabad (Daulatabad/Devagiri).

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.

Detailed notes describing Caves No. 13 to No. 28.

These are pages 2 - 3 on the folder list.

Detailed descriptions of Caves No. 66 to 68, as well as a rough index to pages where the descriptions are written in this folder.

These are pages 11 and 12 on the folder list.

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

A rough pencil sketch of the cross section of Cave No. 2 with some brief annotations. Scale is a quarter inch to a foot.

A description of the caves to the north of Nasik, written on 19 March 1866.

Description of the Chaitya Verandah, March 1866. Also contained are tracings of inscriptions copied by E.W. West. Please note that this in page 3-4 of the folder.

Descriptions, plans and drawings from some of the Kanheri Topes These were also published in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 10th October 1861. These are:

• A draft descriptive paper.
• Plan and section of a Structural Tope.
• Unfinished duplicate of plan and section.
• Note of angles and dimensions.
• Plan and elevation of a small tope.
• Plan and elevation of capstone of small tope.
• Drawings of Sculptures of Structural Tope.
• Drawings of stones with inscriptions.
• Tracings of some of the drawings.

Detailed descriptions by E.W. West and A.A.West of the Ajanta caves and their locality.