The excavation was begun by a combined team from the University of Allahabad and the University of California-Berkeley and lasted for three weeks, beginning on February 21, 1980. The excavation was supervised by D. Mandal, J. N. Pal and J. M. Kenoyer under the direction of Professor G. R. Sharma and Professor J. D. Clark. As more areas of the site were opened up for excavation we were joined by V. D. Misra, P. Sinha and R. Dreiman.
