 The discovery of a large number of stone tools and weapons from different places in and around sonepur and the Rock Art of 'puja dunguri' near Rampur Tahasil of sonpur district support this presumption.The archaeological excavation of Asurgarh close to sonepur town and of Khambeswari pali on the bank of Mahanadi in Birmaharajpur sub-division of sonepur district and the discovery of Punch marked coins from sonepur makes us to believe of a human settlement on this region dating from 3rd century B.C.to 1st.