Jaijon
Among the numerous ancient cultural centers in Hoshiarpur was town Jaijon. Said to be Founded by Jaijjat rishi around 11th century at the Shivalik foothills, Jaijon was a flourishing trade centre. It was also known as a centre for oriental studies. Noted scholars and exponents of Sanskrit, Astrology, Ayurveda and music visited this place for meeting. Music composers Pandit Husan Lal and Bhagat Ram and noted Pakistani poet Tufail Hoshiarpuri belonged to the same place.
The late Ayurveda scholar Pandit Govind Ram Vatsyayan and the late Sanskrit laureate Acharya Vishwanath belonged to Jaijon. Over the years when Chandigarh came into existence Jaijon lost its glory and now its a sleepy town on the border of Punjab and Himachal in the foothills of Shivaliks. "Mahilpur" Mahilpur is an ancient village on the feet of shivalik which is visited by Chinese Hyunshang which wrote this village as Sri Mahipalpur in his notes.Now Mahilpur is become a town. Sadarpur Sadarpur is located near to Garhshankar in the Shivalik Valley. It is a small village.
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