The Nautangwa Pahar rockart was discovered by Neelima and Jason on 20th November 200l. The site is located on the Mahadeva or Mohudi Range of the upper Damodar valley in Hazaribagh. In my opinion this cave shelter offers the finest animal forms (I believe from the palaeolithic period) as yet found in the prehistoric rockart of the Hazaribagh region as yet discovered. It is painted in red haematite colour on grey sandstone rock across a long gallery high on a mountainside with scenic view of the surrounding hilly countryside.The animal figures are very large and some measure several feet across. It is believed that these animal forms belong to a palaeolithic level of art, while the second level infilled with white depicting stick-figures and mandalas are believed to be of a more recent date.