The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s8.5

c5.s8.5

Jalandhara—Jalandhar, a town near the western bank of the Sutlej in the Punjab; same as Trigartta. (Hemakosha). The name is derived from its founder, the Asura Jalandhara, the son of the Ganges by the Ocean (Padma P., Uttara, ch. 51). It is the head-quarters of the district called Jalandhara Doab or Jalandharapîṭha lying between the Bias and the Sutlej. It is the Kulindrina of Ptolemy; but see Kulinda-deśa.