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Unfinished drawings of examples of columns from Cave No. 1, No. 21 and No. 27, including some comparative notes. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

Pencil and ink sketches of various pillars from Caves No. 10, No. 46, No. 45 and No. 56, with some comparative notes and annotations. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

Ink and pencil unfinished drawings of the outer doorways of Caves No. 21 and 72. Scale is half an inch to a foot.

Ink and pencil drawings of the elevations of the recess at the left end of the veranda of Cave No. 10, as well as an example of a pillar from Cave No. 78. Notes indicate that details were added to the drawings on the 17th of May 1862. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

A smaller piece of card and paper pasted onto a sheet of folscap paper. The first is an impression of what is believed to be a coin found in front of Cave No. 7 in November 1852, with a brief explanatory note dated January 1853. The second is a letter dated to approximately June 1853 sent from Henry West to a Dr. Wilson containing a copy short inscription from Kanheri.

The addressee is most likely John Wilson, once President of the Bombay Asiatic Society, Bombay Cave Temple Commission and lobbyist for the Archaeological Survey of India. This is indicated to on the folder list; 'Dr. J. Wilson'.

A folder containing 55 sheets depicting individual and grouped plans of the Kanheri Caves. The folder includes a hand written numerated list of contents.

A handwritten account of the H. West's impressions approaching the Kanheri Caves. An annotation at the foot of the page written by E. W. West in September of 1866 dates the note to 1853.

Pencil and ink sketches of pilaster and bench head ornamentation from Caves No. 29, No. 31, No. 35, No. 45, No. 56, No. 59 and No. 85, with some annotations. Scale is 2 ft to an inch.

Two small pages of sketched ornamentation from Caves No. 35, No. 42 and No. 45 mounted onto a A4 sheet.