Dhaneti
Dhaneti or Dhanetee is a village in Bhuj Taluka of the Kutch district of Gujarat, the Indian state. It is at a distance of about 26 km from Bhuj, the Taluka and district headquarters of Kutch. Although it is in Bhuj Taluka, the
Anjar Taluka headquarters of Anjar is only 18 km away.
History
Dhaneti has been marked as one of the megalithic sites of Kutch along with more famous Dholavira.About the history of Dhaneti, the village holds a special place in the annals of the KGK Community, who entered Kutch and founded the village, fought a battle on the land of the Dhaneti village in the late 12th century around 1177–78 A.D. and established themselves. They settled at this village under the leadership of Patel Ganga Maru.
Even today, intricate paliyas or memorial stones of their dadas or shurapuras and deris of their Satis are standing there near the village pond and other areas of the village, as a mute witness to the war that was fought on this land by these Gurjar Kshatriyas, who are known as Mistris of Kutch.
Today, almost a thousand years after the war, the community people visit Dhaneti to pay respect to these memorial stones, built in memory of their forefathers, who gave up their lives fighting to defend their next generations.
Later, during the 14th and 15th centuries, Mistris, in due time, left Dhaneti and went on to establish another eighteen villages in Kutch. Currently there are no members of their caste living in the village although the monuments of their ancestors remain.