Sundry documents about the Nasik caves. These are notes from Henry West's diaries (1853-1855), a rough list of columns & other details, a map of Nasik town and some proofs of prints for a pilaster and parapet in Cave No.26 and a parapet in Cave No.3..

A description of the sculptured stones at [Jewal] near Pune at a small temple on western edge of village by A.A.West.

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.

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.

A short description of the caves written by Arthur Anderson West on the 22nd December 1861.

A plan of Chaitya Cave (unfinished), scale 15 feet to an inch.

A drawing of a rock cut Láth, left of the court in front of Chaitya Cave. The drawing has been copied from a photograph by Johnson, scale approximately 1/4 of an inch to foot. This is sheet 8 in the folder.

A drawing of a Column in Cave 8, scale 1/2 inch to a foot. This is sheet 10 in the folder.

Documents relating to the Shailarwadi and Bâmachandra Caves. For the Shailarwadi Caves there is: No.1: A copy of a description of the caves, written by Henry West on his visit, 16 July 1856. No.2: A further description, written by Edward William West, 15 December 1864. No.3: Plans of caves 1,3,4 and 6, at a scale of 1/10 inch to a foot, dated December 1864. No.4: Copy of the inscription in the Temple, on the Poona road, taken from Mr Brett's facsimile of 2 May 1854. No.5: Tracings of copies of inscriptions made by A.A. West from copies by Dr. Bradley.

And for the Bâmachandra Caves: No.6: A copy of a descriptive note by Edward William West. 1864-5.

Drawings of Cave number one at Bawadhon and the Caves, a doorway, a pillar and a sculpture at Rajpuri.