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Call Number:
MSS 26
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
Title(s):
Notes on the Kanheri Caves
Date:
1795 October 26-28
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Cave descriptions and other notes
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 15
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
The notes concern ancient inscriptions present at the Kanheri Caves, and the sites’ surroundings. Wales uses drawings instead of words in some instances, like “thick [image of trees]” or “made like a sofa [image of sofa].”
Physical Description:
2 sheets (3 pages) ; 25 x 18 cm
Genre:
Diaries and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
British
Cave temples
Caves
Description and travel
Ellora Caves (India)
India
Associated Places:
India
Mumbai (India)
Pune (India)
Associated People/Groups:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840
Gaṅgārāma, active 18th century
Mabon, Robert
Malet, Charles Warre, 1752-1815
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795
Finding Aid Title:
James Wales archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11766.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3428517
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3428517?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1