The Rock Cut Temple at Kanheri, Salsette Island, Bombay

The Daniells visited Salsette with the artist James Wales before leaving India in 1794. Salsette was originally an island separated by a narrow channel from Bombay. The two are now joined and the name Salsette is not generally used. It is one of a number of sites in the area with important Buddhist rock-cut temples. The site was occupied between the first and eleventh centuries. Dr. Maurice Shellim has suggested that the picture was worked up while the Daniells were in Bombay.
For similar versions see engravings, The Oriental Annual, London, 1836, nos. 272 and 284.