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Documents concerning the Bedsa Caves which are situated about 8 miles southeast of Karla.. These are:

• No.1: A general description of the caves, dated 13 March 1862.
• No.2: A plan of the Caves, scale 15 feet to an inch.
• No.3: Drawings of some of the emblems and paintings in the Chaitya Cave, scale 2 inches to a foot.
• No.4: More drawings of emblems with notes.
• No.5: A drawing of a window and pilasters in Cave No.5, scale 1 inch to a foot.
• No.6: A printed description of The Caves of Bedsa.
• No.7: A draft description of the caves and inscriptions, dated August 1864.

Documents from the Bedsa, Shailarwadi, Bâmachandra and Poona Caves.

The folder is entitled 'Caves in the Satara Districts' with a list of the contents relating to the caves in the Satara Districts. This list is expanded within the documents.

Plan of 'Minor Cave No.10, 3 miles N. of Warand' and sketch plans of tanks excavated two miles south of Waranda Ghat. There is also a sketch of the 'View of Hill summit from Kirdoshi'.

Notes on the Caves near Kolhapur, taken from Selections from the Records of Bombay Government's Statistical Report on the Principality of Kolhapur made by Major D.C. Graham in 1854. There are also two drawings on tracing paper - one is a plan of the Caves at [Porvala] and the other of Caves in the Ravine called [Pandow] Durra, both copied from the statistical report.

Drawings of Cave number one at Bawadhon and the Caves, a doorway, a pillar and a sculpture at Rajpuri.

Drawings of Caves 1,2,3,4 and the doorway and window to the cell of Cave 3, drawn to a scale of 20 feet to an inch.

Drawings of the plans of Caves number 5 and 7 and of sculptured figures in Cave 5.

A plan of Chaitya Cave (unfinished), scale 15 feet to an inch.

A sketch of the 12th column on the left Chaitya Cave showing where traces of painting were left, scale 1/2 inch to a foot. This is sheet 20 in the folder.