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The Silent Pages are often found to be associated with explicit indications about their past, which remain to be deciphered. As often noticed, the names of places do happen to convey a lot about their historical past. The traveler’s curiosity is at times drawn to the seemingly peculiar names of presently insignificant locations on the map. A field survey of such locations leads to important discoveries regarding their past, which also fit in the overall scheme of time. It was first in September, 2007, that I learnt about a village called Satanvadakalan in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, which I was supposed to visit a as a part of an administrative training programme.
Having been a keen reader of historical texts, the very name suggested that there was something quite ancient about the place. The name sounded interesting and since I was not aware in any way about its historical importance, I made efforts to search on the internet to find some details. But nothing relevant was found which could satisfy my curiosity relating to the historicity of the site. Thus, a big surprise awaited me as I reached Satanwada to stay for a week in October, 2007.
Satanwada (Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh) lying on the Mumbai-Agra Highway, 63 miles south of Gwalior and 9 miles north of Shivpuri, and at a distance of 28 kms from the Narwar Fort, is a site with a rich past, but known today only as a sleepy and insignificant village. The terrain here is generally rocky with interspersing fields many of which have been put under cultivation. The area often faces the scarcity of water, and special arrangements were in place for water conservation in the past, as indicated by the special wells and tanks built in the vicinity.
To be continued....