[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c38.167 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.167 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.167 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.167) Excavation of the Nandangarh mound was started by Majumdar in 1935 (\*ibid.\*) and continued by the writer till 1939 (unpublished). Before excavation the mound had a height of about 25 m and a circumference of about 460 m, standing at the e. edge of a brick fortification about 1·6 km in perimeter and roughly oval of plan, no doubt enclosing a habitation area, perhaps the headquarters of a clan that was responsible for the erection of the Lauriya \*stūpas\*. Surface finds indicate that it was inhabited in Śuṅga (if not earlier) and Kushan times. - [Previous: v2.c38.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.166) - [Next: v2.c38.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.168) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.167) · Pramāṇa