Jharkhand historical evidence

1. Archaeological sources . Archaeologists have found evidences in different parts of Jharkhand which provide them with substantial amount of information about the place.These evidences are copper tools, jewellery, Stone tools, coins, idols etc.
2. Early Stone age.Stone tools like hand axe and scraper have been found in place like Bokaro,Deoghar,Dumka, Banda in Hazaribagh and Damodar river area in Ramgarh.Copper utensils and tools have been found in Bargunda and Karharbari. Deep underground caves have been found in Isko village near Hazaribagh, which suggest that man lived underground in ice age.Pottery, tatoos, marriage and harvest paintings have been found here.Several other materials belonging to the old stone age have been found in areas like Amainagar,  Chaibasa, Dahigadha, Dhorangi, Narsinghgarh, Jagannath,Lotapahad etc.
3. Middle stone age.Many archaeological proofs have been found in Dhanbad and some regions of Dumka and Palamu,relating to the middle stone age.Dalmi an archaeological site is on bank of river Subarnarekha and has the ruins of many temples.Ranchi district is the storehouse of materials belonging to the middle stone age.Microliths were much in use during the middle stone age.The average length of the Stone tools used was from 1 inch to 3 inch.Such tools have been found in Dhanbad, Dumka, Palamu, Ranchi and East Singh him areas of Jharkhand.
4. New stone age.Several area of Ranchi district,Lohardaga, Jamshedpur and other places in East Singhbhum have been reported to contain proofs of the new stone age. A proof of this could be the earthenware pots, weapons made of animals bones and hammers excavated from the Karo river area in Chaibasa in 1868.
5. Inscriptions.Many inscriptions have been found from the 8th century BC in Doodhpani, Hazaribagh, Bodeya temple in Ranchi holds an inspection from 1682 BC.
6. Coins.Coins belonging to the kushan empire have been found in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand from the 1st and 2nd Century BC.Roman coins have been found in SinSinghbhum which are a proof that Jharkhand was involved in foreign trade during this time.Indo Scythian coins have been found in Chaibasa.
7. Statues.Statues from the Pal Dynasty, remains of Stones and 'Shiva linga' from 8th Century to 11th Century BC have been found in Dumduma in Hazaribagh district.Idols of Hindu and Jain Gods and Goddesses from 7-8th Century BC have been found in Singhbhum.Buddha idols have been found in several areas of Dhanbad and Hazaribagh.Also, Jain statues have been found in Palamu and near river Kangsabati.
8. Drawings/Paintings.Pre - historic paintings have been excavated in 1991, at several places in Hazaribagh.Some pictures of the act of hunting have been found in the caves in Palamu district at Bhawanathpur.