A leather bound portfolio containing two folders titled 'Kanheri Cave Plans' and 'Kanheri Drawings and Sketches'. There is also a notebook of notes taken by Walter West, as well as some loose handwritten notes and letters.
West Edward William 1824-1905 Orientalist, EngineerKanheri Caves (sacred site) India
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A leather bound portfolio containing three folders entitled: 'Ammarnáth Temple, near Kalian', 'Sundries' and 'Kanheri Caves duplicates'.
West Edward William 1824-1905A leather bound portfolio containing two folders titled 'Kanheri Caves in Salsette: Descriptions and Notes' and 'Kanheri Caves in Salsette: Sundires'.
West Edward William 1824-1905A 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.
West Edward William 1824-1905Descriptions, 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.
Three pieces of scrap paper with calculations, shorthand notes and lists.
A rough sketch made after a photograph outlining a seated image of the Buddha flanked by two figures from cave No. 64. Scale is one inch to a foot.
West Athur Anderson EngineerSmall detailed pencil sketch depicting a standing figure of the Buddha from an auxiliary cell in Cave No. 3.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerUnfinished scaled drawing of a colosal standing figure of Buddha from Cave No. 3. Scale is a quater of an inch to a foot.
West Arthur Anderson EngineerA rough pencil sketch of the stupa in Cave No. 103 with some indication to the overall layout of the cave. Scale is a quarter inch to a foot.
West Edward William 1824-1905