 Dhandhuka is said to have been founded by, and to take its name from, Thakor Dhana Mer
(Koli King), or rather Mehd, the second of the thirteen sons of the Sonang Mehd who in early times came into Gujarat from Sind.No specific year is mentioned in "Ras Mala" by Alexander Kinloch Forbes.Having no son, Dhana Mehd is said to have given the town as a lasting gift to a party of 400 Brahman refugees from the wrath of Ebhal Walo.