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An envelope containing three folded sheets of impressions of Pahlavi inscriptions of Cave No. 66 at Kanheri. Two appear to have been taken by Walter West on his visit to the caves between December 27th and 29th 1870, while the third seems to be an earlier one taken by Edward William West which has been checked and notated by W. West latterly.

These are page 7 on the folder list.

A folder containing eight documents relating to the Caves at Salsette. These include: No.1: A sketch of a Cave at Kandar, scale 20 feet to an inch, with description, September 1854. No.2: A sketch, scale 20 feet to an inch, and description, of a quarry near Marob, November 1854. No.3: A description and drawings of copper coins, found 19 January 1855, near the village of Syee, now under the Vihar Lake. No.4: A list of names, probably from a native report. No.5: A sketch map of Kondati Hill, and a list of places taken from a native report. No.6: A tablet block near the summit of Vehar Khind showing the inscription and with its translation. No.7: A sketch of an old deserted Parsi Temple of Silence, with description, July 1856 No.8: A sketch and description of a Parsi 'Dakhma' under the hill north of Aurungabad.

A rough pencil sketch of the stupa in Cave No. 103 with some indication to the overall layout of the cave. Scale is a quarter inch to a foot.

Descriptions taken from E.W. West's notebook and copied by Arthur West concerning inscriptions on columns, and observations and measurements of the height of the hills.

Short description of the Junnar caves including Nana Ghat, and a note on its chambers.

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.

Description of the Sculptures on both sides of the centre door of Cave No.23.

Drawings and descriptions of sculptured stones and other temple details on the road from Poona (Pune) to Aurungabad. These are taken from E.W. West's notebook.

Descriptions, plans and drawings relating to the excavations in Cave No. 13. These were published in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 10th October 1861. Included are:

• A draft descriptive paper.
• Plan of Cave 1.3 Drawings of stone pots.
• Drawings of copper coins and sundry found in the stone pots.
• Drawings of clay receptacle containing seal.
• Further drawings of clay receptacles.
• Drawings of 16 fragments.
• Drawings of 9 seals.
• Drawings of 12 seals.
• Lithographs of seals.
• Further drawings of seals.
• Sundry notes.
• Letter from Arthur Anderson West to Edward West, 25 August 1861, checking the date of the find Tracing of the plan of Cave 13.

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.