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Drawings and notes from an ancient buried temple in the Konkan.

This folder contains two paper files with subtitles, "Result of Excavations in Cave 13" and "Descriptions of some of the Kanheri Topes".

A drawing of the Doorway of Cave No. 6 (Chaiyta Cave).

Descriptions and drawings of the Nasik Caves by both Edward and Arthur West.

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.

A leather bound portfolio containing two folders titled 'Kanheri Caves in Salsette: Descriptions and Notes' and 'Kanheri Caves in Salsette: Sundires'.

A folder containing six documents Relating to the Jogeshwar Cave in Salsette. These include: No.1: Plan (unfinished), 1854-5 - scale 30 feet to an inch. No.2: A further unfinished Plan, 1854-5, scale 40 feet to an inch. No.3: The beginning of the elevation of the back wall of the verandah. scale 1/120; a tracing of a sketch of a doorkeeper (decayed), 1848. No.4: A sketch of a Pilaster, with female figure under a tree, scale 1/24. No.5: A sketch of one of the doorways (unfinished) with description, 1857, scale 1/48. No.6: A sketch of a column with its dimensions; and a further sketch of the doorway.

Sundry documents about the Nasik caves. These are notes from Henry West's diaries (1853-1855), a rough list of columns & other details, a map of Nasik town and some proofs of prints for a pilaster and parapet in Cave No.26 and a parapet in Cave No.3..

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.

A leather bound folder containing two notebooks titled Kanheri: Caves I to XXI and Kanheri Caves II (caves xxi to xxxviii). There is also a comparative list of the West's account and that of French Indologist A. H. Anequetil Du Perron, as well as four pieces of scrap paper of calculations and shorthand lists.