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A leather bound portfolio containing four folders entitled 'Minor Groups of Caves in Salsette (Kondati, Magathan, Montpesir, Jogeshwar, and Sundries)', 'Kondana Caves and Others near the Bhor Ghat', 'Karli', and 'Bedsa - Shailarwadi - Poona'.

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 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.

A leaf from a notebook systematically comparing the West's account of the Kanheri Caves to that of Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron dating from 1760. The comparison appears to be related to the numbering of the caves, as well as to some inscriptions.