An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c47.62

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The first excavation in the site was conducted by Garde in 1938-9. This brought to light quite a large miscellany of coins, terracottas, beads and pottery, etc., which amply indicated the archaeological potentiality of the site and indicated the need of sustained and systematic work to establish the sequence of cultural equipments and chronology as well as structural remains. The site was therefore subjected to extensive excavations again from 1955 to 1958 by the writer, and limitedly again in 1964 by K.M. Srivastava, on behalf of the ASI (*IAR 1955-6*, p. 19; *1956-7*, p. 20; *1957-8*, p. 32; *1964-5*, p. 18), revealing four successive Pds of occupation called Pds I to IV.