 It is 40 km away from Bilaspur by road.The oldest known sculpture of Vishnu with four-arm figure holding shankha, chakra and gada dated to c. 200 BCE was found in Malhar, Chhattisgarh.In ancient Indian literature as well as the epic "Ramayana", "Mahabharata" and "Puranas" there are many references to the ancient Kosala Kingdom of northern India.