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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.

Hand drawn pencil, ink and ink wash plan of some of the Kanheri topes located near Caves No. 38 and 39, including some annotations. Scale is 60 ft. to an inch. This drawing was presented to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in October 1861 and was later published in their journal.