Tawana

Tawana (तावणा) Tawania (तावणिया) is Jat Gotra found in Punjab and Rajasthan.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Tawana = Taveni (Pliny.vi.32).

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Tawana (तावणा) (Jat clan) → Tawa River (तवा नदी). Tawa River (तवा नदी) is a tributary of the Narmada River of Central India. It rises in the Satpura Range of Betul and flowing north and west, joins the Narmada at the village of Bandra Bhan in Hoshangabad District.

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia....Up to the Nabatæi⁴⁶ the ancients joined the Thimanei; at present they have next to them the Taveni, and then the Suelleni, the Arraeeni⁴⁷, and the Areni⁴⁸, whose town is the centre of all the commerce of these parts.

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46 Whose chief city was Petra, previously mentioned.

47 Supposed by some writers to have been the ancestors of the Saracens, so famous in the earlier part of the middle ages. Some of the MSS., indeed, read "Sarraceni."

48 Their town is called Arra by Ptolemy.

Distribution in Punjab

Tawana population is 9,600 in Patiala district.

Distribution in Rajasthan

Bikaner

Notable Persons

• Krishna Chandra Tawania: Jawaharnagar, Bikaner, Ph:225075

References

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