Item WST/4/1/1 - Kondati Caves in Salsette (The Mahakal Caves)

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GB 891 WST-WST/4-WST/4/1-WST/4/1/1

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Kondati Caves in Salsette (The Mahakal Caves)

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  • 1850 - 1868 (Creation)

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1 folder handwritten and drawn

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A folder containing 13 items pertaining to the Kondati (Kondovite), or Mahakal (Mahakali), Caves. A contents list is found on the front of the folder. These are: No.1: General Plan, scale 40 feet to an inch. No.2: Cave 3, bench, scale 1/24. No.3: Bas-relief Dagob between Caves 3 &4; Cave 3, inner doorway; Cave 4, column. No.4: Cave 8, Cobra carving; Cave 5, column; Cave 6, pilaster, half of front and Bas-relief Dagob. No.5: Cave 13, Window, scale 1/24, Longitudinal section of cave, scale 1/48. No.6: Cave 13 cross-section, scale 1/24. No.7: Sculpture on the wall of Cave 13 with a description of it. No.8: Cave 14, frieze; Cave 17, pilaster and interior column, scale 1/24. No.9: Cave 17, two doorways, both unfinished, scale 1/24. No.10: Draft beginning of a description of the Kondati Caves. No.11: Rough description of the Eastern Caves 5-18 in 1850. No.12: Fragments of a draft description by Henry West. No.13: Particulars of Columns and Pilasters of Kondati caves.

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