Dhanwahi

Author: Laxman Burdak IFS (R)

District map of Satna

Dhanwahi (धनावाही) is a village in Ramnagar tahsil in Satna district in the Madhya Pradesh.

Variants

• Dhanavahi (धनवाही)
• Dhanavahi pattala (धनवाही पट्टला) (L.10)

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Dhanoi (Jat clan) = Dhanavahi (धनवाही) (L.10). Dhanavahi pattala (धनवाही पट्टला) (L.10) is mentioned in Rewah Plates of the time of Trailokyamalladeva -(Kalachuri) Year 963 (=1212 AD). The record is a vitta-bandha or 'deed of mortgage' for the village Alirā (अलिरा) (L.14), situated in the Dhovahatta pattana (धोवहट्ट पट्टन) (L.10) of the Dhanavahi pattala (धनवाही पट्टला) (L.10). The village was pledged by the Saiva teacher śāntasiva, son of the royal preceptor (rājaguru) Vimalasiva, to the Rāņaka Dharēka (राणक धरेक) (L.14). Dhovahatta (दोवहट्ट) which was a pattana at the time is identical with the village of Dhureti where the plates were found.

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