Jalalpur Jattan

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Jalalpur Jattan is a city in the Gujrat District, Pakistan. It was founded by a Gujjar named Jalal and Kula Chor, and a place in Jalalpur Jattan, was built by Chandragupta Maurya, an Indian ruler in 300 BC. Excavations in the area revealed that Kula Chor was the mint of the Maurya Dynasty. It is pertinent to mention that a new wave of people appeared in India in 12th century known as Kuchour tribe. It can be assumed that the place was populated by the Kula Chours, instead of Chander Gupt.

A local historian, Mansoor Behzad Butt, believed that Chander Gupt had built a fort in a suburban village of Jalalpur Jattan, which is now called Islam Garh. The original name of the village could not be ascertained but the fort became famous as Islam Garh Fort with the passage of time. Only some detriorated remains of the fort exists today. Later, the fort as the mint of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, of Lahore, in 1832.