Pabna - Name

Name

• According to the historian Radharaman Saha, Pabna is named after Paboni, a branch of the Ganges.
• Archeologist Cunningham wrote that the name came from "POTH",a totem folk lived long ago in this region (Poundrabardhan). A survey map from 1850 depicts a Mouza(medium size village) named Padeh Pabna in the Nazirpur Pargana (pargana can be considered as a cluster of villages)
• Haraprasad Shastri, the renowned author & historian regarded that Pabna originated from Podubomba, a small feudal kingdom,which was established by a king named Shom, during the Pal dynasty period.
• Historian Durgadas Lahiri, in his book Prithibir Itihash, used a map from the ancient period there a village named Pabna can be seen.
• A legend: There was robber (like Robin Hood) named Pobana lived here long ago. He became a legendary hero for his good deeds. People honored him by giving the name of his river Pabna.
• And most probably from the Persian word "PANMBAH", which means cotton. Once a number of inhabitants here were weavers.