Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795, Notes on the Jain caves (Ellora), 1795
- Call Number:
- MSS 26
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
- Title(s):
- Notes on the Jain caves (Ellora)
- Date:
- 1795
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Cave descriptions and other notes
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 11
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The collection is open without restriction.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 document consists of several pages tied together, at their center, with a single string. The text includes dimensions of a particular excavation site, notes on various sculptures, and pencil sketches of five different figures, each labeled with a variety of terms. Under one sketch of a seated figure is a list of terms including entries such as “leemnaut,” “Naganaut,” and “Jugarnaut.” It is unclear whether these terms refer to the specific image, other images at the site, or simply other Hindu deities known to Wales. Other pages include notes on deities present, and their position in the excavated site. There are faint sketches of pillars, and other structures, presumably present at the site as well. Wales has copied some text in a South Asian script on the final page, without context.
- Physical Description:
- 10 pages ; 25 x 18 cm
- Genre:
- Diaries and Notebooks
- Subject Terms:
- BritishCave templesCavesDescription and travelEllora Caves (India)India
- Associated Places:
- IndiaMumbai (India)Pune (India)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840Gaṅgārāma, active 18th centuryMabon, RobertMalet, Charles Warre, 1752-1815Wales, 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/3410863
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3410863?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1