[3] Excavations at Chandravalli have revealed earthen pots, painted bowls and coins of Indian dynasties like Vijayanagar, Satavahana and Hoysalas as well as denarii of Roman emperor Augustus Caesar and a coin of the Chinese Han dynasty Emperor Wu Ti belonging to 2nd Century BC.

The Chandravalli cave temple (also known as the Ankali Mutt - Saints from Ankalagi (Belgaum) came here for meditation)[5] is semilunar in shape located between two giant monolithic rocks, a pre-historic site is about three km from Chitradurga.

At Chandravalli there is a rock inscription of the first Kannada dynasty Kadambas founder Mayurasharma (345 CE) found in the Bhairaweshwara temple.

[2] Assessment of historic settlement has led to an interesting finding on the existence of commercial contacts with ancient Roman world.

[8] Other objects found included neoliths, a cist with a skeleton in it, pots containing bones and teeth of animals and a Roman bulla.