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The Ratnus were one of the Charan clans (Gahlot, Sukhvir Singh, Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan (Jodhpur : Jain Brothers, 1989), 132.
The Sodas were the pol - paats of the Maharana of Mewar , the Rohariyas were the pol - paats of the Rathores of Marwar , Bikaner and Kishangarh and of the Kachwahas of Jaipur and Alwar , the Adas were the pol - paats of the Deora sect of the Chauhan clan of Sirohi , and the Ratnus were the pol – paats of the Bhatis of Jaisalmer.
After Devraj grew up and gained control of Jaisalmer, he recalled Ratnu from Sorath and made him his Barhat. The descendants of Ratnu are the Charans to the Bhatis.
Rawal Devraj , the great Bhati king who founded Derawar and from whom Jaisalmer Bhatis derived their title Rawal , was also the ancestor of Pugal Bhatis . He was the beneficiary of a great boyhood friend of his , Ratan , who stood by Devraj in his initial lean days of struggle . Devraj in his sunnier days called Ratan , showered gifts on him and made him Polbarat .
At the outer edge of qualification norms is standing in one of the respectable (usually twice-born) and traditionally literate castes or communities of Rajputana-such as Rajputs, Oswals, Maheshwaris, Kayasths, Charans, Brahmans, and Muslims....the bureaucratic lineages in and out of power, whether from within (mutsaddi, Rajput, Muslim, Charan etc.)...Prominent Charan Dewans or senior court servants included Kaviraj (court poet) Shyamaldas at Udaipur and Kaviraj Murardan at Jodhpur.
दीवानजी का बास तेजमालजी नामक रत्नू चारण को सीकर ठिकाने की ओर से 1500 बीघा भूमि चंदपुरा गांव की सीमा में दी । तेजमालजी के तीन पुत्र रामनाथ , बद्रीदान व स्योबक्सजी बताये जाते हैं । रामनाथ किशनगढ़ राज्य के दीवान बने , स्योबक्स जी झालावाड़ व बद्रीदान माधोसिंह सीकर के दीवान थे । बद्रीदान को माधोसिंह ने बोदलासी ( नेछवा के पास ) की छः हजार बीघा भूमि प्रदान की । इनके पुत्र कुमेरदानजी सीकर ठिकाने में दीवान थे । चंदपुरा आज दीवानजी का बास के नाम से जाना जाता है । बद्रीदान के वंशज दीवानजी का बास व बोदलासी दोनों जगह रहते हैं ।
चारणों की 120 प्रमुख शाखाओं में अधिकांशतः प्रसिद्ध पूर्वपुरुषों के नामों से ही प्रवर्तित हैं, यथा – आढा, सांदू आशिया, कविया, खिड़िया, रतनू, देथा, वणसूर, लाळस, संढायच, देभल, रोहड़िया, कनिया इत्यादि ।
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