The human skeletons were rediscovered in 1942 by a Nanda Devi game reserve ranger H K Madhwal, there are reports about these bones from late 19th century. Earlier it was believed by specialists that the people died from an epidemic, landslide or blizzard.
The carbon dating from samples collected in the 1960s vaguely indicated that the people were from the 12th century to the 15th century.
