The settlement has a long history and a number of notable monuments, one being of national importance and protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.

The history of Sihoniya goes back to at least the ninth century as shown by the remains of temple ruins and fragments dating to the time of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty.

One of the pillars has an inscription dated Vikrama 1[4]50 recording the renovation of the Mahādev temple (i.e. Kakanmaṭh) by an individual named Durgāprasāda.

[8] The temple also has a number of votive records, for example one dated Vikrama year 1497/CE 1440-41 from the time of Ḍungar Dev Tomar that mentions Dekhaṇa, son of Kakala, who was a resident of Nalapuragaḍha (possibly modern Narwar).

An inscription dated Vikrama year 1467/CE 1410-11 on one of the pillars mentioning Mahārājādhirāja Śrī Vīrama (Vīraṅga) Dev Tomar and sūtradhāra Haridās may record the construction of portions of the current structure.

[11] In his Gopācala ākhyāna, a seventeenth-century chronicle of the kings of Gwalior, the poet Khargrāy devoted several verses to the Ambikā Devī, describing its features and noting it was the resort of worthy and religious men: Bāmhan paḍhai ved dhuni bhaī | maṭh kī nīū tabai nṛp daī || daī nīū maṭh liyau banāī | tākī upamā kahī na jāī || causaṭ khām satakhanai ṭhaye | tā mahi kuṅḍ mahā dvai bhaye || gaṅgā jamunā kau jalu līyau | tāmai āni ḍāri so dīyau || aru tāmai bahu citra banāī | citra devalokani ke bhāī || khirakī āṭh cāri darabār | bane jharokhā aganit pār || ām āmalī bahu phulavāī | cahu dis tahāṅ karī bagavāī || phūlat kamal sarovar ghanai | pahup keli pahupani chabi ghanai || The Brahmin read the Vedic chants, the King then laid the temple foundation.