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.
Sem títuloA 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.
Sem títuloA brief descriptive list of the facades and entrances to caves No. 1 to 100.
These are pages 30 and 31 on the folder list.
A list of the caves for which descriptions have been written by July 22nd 1862. Included in the list are initials of the author of the description and some dates, as well as corresponding page numbers where the descriptions could be found.
These are pages 32 and 33 on the folder list.
Sem títuloAn 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 hand bound cover-less booklet comprised of various thematically arranged notes on the Kanheri Caves. Included are notes on the process of compiling all of the information and omissions; catalogued lists of paintings, inscriptions, dagobas (stupas),'types of cave', and sculpture, which is accompanied by a loose piece of writing card listing the contractions used in the descriptions.
These are 'Fol' pages 47 to 62 on the folder list.
Sem títuloA 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.
Sem títuloA 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'.
Sem títuloA list of descriptions of the 'Invocations' groups of sculpture from Kanheri, Ajanta and Aurangabad.
Three extracts taken from earlier sources regarding the Salsette Caves. First are extracts translated from a French Translation of Carsten Niebuhr's 1780 Voyage en Arabic (Arabian Voyage). The second are extracts from a 1847 work by Dr. J Bird. Third, extracts from J. B. 'Selby's' (Seely?) 1825 Wonders of Ellora. And finally, Notes on Kanheri from James Fergusson's 1845 Rock Cut Temples.
These are pages 3 to 5 on the folder list.
An 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.
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