An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.489

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The site was discovered by B.B. Lal and his wife and later on explored by Lal with the assistance of the writer and others. The excavation of an open-air site on the sloping hills on the s. was undertaken in 1974 by Lal assisted by the writer and research scholars of the Jiwajirao Univ. of Gwalior. Trenches were laid on Level 1, the topmost flat plateau of the Amra Pahar having a height ranging from 307·10 to 318·50 m above mean sea-level, Level 2, appearing like a ledge 45·72 m lower than Level 1, and Level 3, again about 30·48 m below Level 2. From levels 2 to 3 a long vertical trench measuring 160 m was laid.