A paper containing detailed descriptions of the Caves in the Satara Districts. The paper was 'Communicated by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Honorary President of the Society', presumably the Asiatic Society of Bombay.

Descriptions and drawings of the Nasik Caves by both Edward and Arthur West.

Notes by E.W. West of things to examine at the Nasik caves, made before his visit on 31 July 1865.

Descriptions taken from E.W. West's notebook and copied by Arthur West concerning inscriptions on columns, and observations and measurements of the height of the hills.

Drawing of a Pilaster and columns of Verandah, Cave No.17. There is a furhter drawing on tracing paper of the pilaster in cave 26.

This collection consists of seven leather bound portfolios containing topographical drawings, maps, floor plans, notes and papers that the West brothers had created when working in the Maharashtra region of India in the mid to late 1800's. The main focus of the collection is the Kanheri Caves; a group of over 109 rock cut temples located in what is today the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on the western outskirts of Mumbai. The brothers studied these caves over the course of several decades, returning to the site many times to check and amend measurements, locations, and expand open their interpretation of the site. The remainder of the collection covers several other sites such as: Ajanta, Ellora and Daulatabad.

Drawings and descriptions of sculptured stones and other temple details on the road from Poona (Pune) to Aurungabad. These are taken from E.W. West's notebook.

Notes on the Kárli caves taken from Fergusson's 'Rock cut Temples' of 1845.

Plans of the caves 6 & 7, and 16 & 17 which are found on a higher level. The scale is 30feet to an inch. This is sheet 7 in the folder.

An unfinished sketch of the front of Chaitya Cave, scale 6ft to an inch, drawn by E.W. West. This is sheet 11 in the folder/