JALANDHAR, a revenue division in the Panjab, comprising the three districts of Jaland har, Hoshiarpur, and Kangm, in lat. 56' 30" to 59' N., and long. 75° 6' 30" to 77° 49' 15" E. The royal family of Jalandhar and Kangra is one of the oldest in India, and trace their genealogy from the time of the founder, Susanna Chandra. The scions of this house claim to be of Sornavansi descent, and they assert that their ancestors held the district of Multan, and fought in the Great War on the side of Duryodhana against the five Pandu brothers, Since the occupation of the plains by the Muhammadans, the ancient kingdom of Jalandhar has been confined almost entirely to its hill territories, which were generally known by the name of Kangra, after its most celebrated fortress. The district is also called Katoch, also Trigartta, which is its Sanskrit name in the Puranas and in the chronicle of Kashmir. It is mentioned by Ptolemy as Knlindrine or Ktulin drine. The British district is occupied by Jat, following Hinduism and the Sikh religion, with Rajputs, Brahmans, Banya, Gujar, Kamboh, Pathans, and Sayyid. The higher portion of
he Jalandhar is a tract abounding in mineral wells, where the icy stream of the Parbati is close to the boiling fountain of Munnikarn, which rises in a jet at an elevation of 5587 feet. Some are reported to contain iodine or bromine. In this district, also, and on the banks of the Beas, is Bishiht, at an elevation of 6681 feet, with a thermal sulphuretted source. In the neighbour hood of Mundinuggur, in the Bul-Doon or valley of Sukeyt Mundi, in the Kohistan of Jalandhar, the women, gaily dressed, used to assemble in groups to greet the stranger with songs as he entered each village, for which honour he was expected to bestow a rupee on each knot. It was at Jalandhar where Hindus say the breasts of the corpse of Sita fell.-48. Res. vi. p. 477 ; Rennell ; Cunningham.