Rough list of architectural sketches made by the West Brothers.
These are pages number 27 and 28 on the folder list.
Kanheri Caves (sacred site) India
127 Description archivistique résultats pour Kanheri Caves (sacred site) India
A rough list of drawings which have been made of the Kanheri Caves. On the reverse of the page are brief notes of 'Things to be Examined and Checked'.
This is page 29 on the folder list.
Sans titreAn unfinished, hand stitched manuscript draft of descriptive accounts of Caves No. 1 - No. 44.
These are 'Fol' pages 34-46 on the folder list.
A folder containing 8 grouped and individual items pertaining to the Kanheri Caves and the West Brothers findings and publications. The folder contains a numerated list.
Sans titreA 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'.
Sans titreAn envelope containing three folded sheets of impressions of Pahlavi inscriptions of Cave No. 66 at Kanheri. Two appear to have been taken by Walter West on his visit to the caves between December 27th and 29th 1870, while the third seems to be an earlier one taken by Edward William West which has been checked and notated by W. West latterly.
These are page 7 on the folder list.
Sans titreDescriptions, 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 folder containing 55 sheets depicting individual and grouped plans of the Kanheri Caves. The folder includes a hand written numerated list of contents.
Sans titreTopographic plan of Kanheri Hill Cave Complex in pencil, ink, and ink wash on paper, with some handwritten annotations. The scale is 300 ft to an inch. A larger version of this plan was published April 1860 in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Sans titreHand drawn floor plan in pencil, ink, and ink wash of caves No. 22 and No. 23, including some annotations. Scale in 15 ft. to an inch.
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