Banoor
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Banoor (बानूर) is a village in Multai tahsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh. Banoor is find place of Banoor Copper-Plates of Achaladasa year 1370 AD granting the village Amādaha in Kotharaka mandala to one Janārdana Upādhaya.[1]
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Banoor is a Village in Multai Tehsil in Betul District of Madhya Pradesh State, India. It belongs to Narmadapuram Division . It is located 45 KM towards East from District head quarters Betul. Banoor is surrounded by Amla Tehsil towards North , Prabhat Pattan Tehsil towards South , Pandhurna Tehsil towards East , Betul Tehsil towards west.[2]
History
(113) Banoor Copper-Plates of Achaladasa year 1370 AD
Banoor (बानूर) is a village 16 miles south-east of Badnur. The plates were found by one Phundiya Bhoyar and presented to the Tahsildar of Multai on Monday the 12th tithi of the bright fortnight of Phalguna in Vikrama Samvat 1909 (A. D. 1852). What the Tahsildar did with the plates is not known, but a copy of the record was maintained by the Dharmadhikari family of Multai. The record appears to be genuine. It purports to be an
[p.80]: agrahāra patra granting the village Amādaha (अमादह) in Kotharaka (कोठारक) mandala to one Janārdana Upādhaya, who acted as priest at the udyāpana ceremony of two wells on Sunday the 11th day of the bright fortnight of Jyeshtha, in the expired year 1427 of the Vikrama era bearing the name Anala, in the Chitra nakshatra and Variyāṇa yoga. The minor details do not work out satisfactorily, but Samvat 1427 was certainly followed by the cyclic year Anala, equivalent to the English year 1370. The donor was Achaladasa, who is described as Prauḍha Pratāpa Chakravarti Maharajadhiraja. Nothing is known as to who he was, but his name suggests a Bairagi or Gosain origin. Amādaha is a small village 4 miles from Bānūr. Koṭhāraka (कोठारक) is not traceable.
Wiki editor Note - Kothara (कोठारा) is a village in Achalpur tahsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra. It may be Koṭhāraka (कोठारक).