A folder containing nine documents relating to the Bája Caves near Bhór Ghât, in the Deccan. These include: No.1: A general plan of the Caves, scale 30 feet to an inch, No.2: A cross-section of Chaitya Cave, scale 1/4 inch to a foot. No.3: Drawings of Emblems found upon the columns in Chaitya Cave, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.4:Rubbings of two emblems found on columns in Chaitya Cave. These are on newspaper. No.5: Copies of Inscriptions 2,3,4,6 and 7, scale 2 inches to a foot. On reverse is an unfinished drawing of an ornamental bell-doorway, from Cave 13, scale 1/2 inch to an foot. No.6: Drs. Stevenson, Wilson and Bird's tentative translations of two inscriptions. No.7: Inscriptions on five Dagob. Inscriptions 5,8,9,10 and 11, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.8: Sketches of two figures in Cave 22; a drawing of a grated window in Cave 13, scale 1/2 inch to a foot; and Inscription No.1 in Cave 6, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.9: A preliminary description of the Bája Caves, 11 February 1862.
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Material relating to the Kandána & Bája Caves near the Bhór Ghât.
West Edward William 1824-1905A paper folder containing 17 documents relating to the Kandána Caves near the Bhór Ghât in the Konkan. These include: No.1 A plan of the Kandána Caves, scale 20 feet to an inch, 6 April 1854. No.2: A drawing of the left front of Chaitya Cave (unfinished), scale four feet to an inch, with a paper of measurements. Nos.3-7: Seven of the eight jubilant figures on a frieze, Chaitya Cave, scale 2 inches to a foot. No.8: A rubbing of an emblem on a pillar, Chaitya Cave. No.9-11: Drawings of a Bas-Relief at the right end of a verandah, an interior pillar, and an ornamental doorway, in the cave next to Chaitya, scale 1/2 inch to a foot. No.12: Two rubbings of the head-dress or turban of the large jubilant figures on the front of Chaitya Caves. No.13: A short description extracted from Henry West's diary - the entry for Good Friday, 6 April 1854. No.14: Caves of Kandána - a description written by Henry West, July 1872. No.15: A memorandum written on the Bhór Ghât caves, written in England. No.16: A plan and description of Noth Dewal, a cave near Kal, showing the chamber with cells; also a sketch of the figure cut into the rock at Gamber Nahl. No.17: Map of the Bhór Ghât with the positions of the caves marked in red.
West Henry d 1858 Engineer