 Excavation of the Nandangarh site was started by Majumdar in 1935 and continued by Ghosh until 1939.Before excavation the mound had a height of 25 m and a circumference of about 460 m, standing at the East 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 Stupas.Surface finds indicate that it was inhabited in Shunga (if not earlier) and Kushans times.