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1 Jital
| Issuer | Kangra, Kingdom of |
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| Thickness | 2.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | Stylized humped bull standing to the right occupying the lower field, with a horseman depicted above in schematic form; the design is rendered in a highly abstracted, degenerate style typical of late medieval Indian hammered copper jitals, with bold raised lines defining the figures against a flat field. The flan is irregular and slightly off-round, consistent with hand-struck production. Traces of Sharada or Devanagari script characters may appear in the margins. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displaying a highly stylized and degenerate inscription or floral device rendered in schematic strokes, consistent with the degraded epigraphic tradition of Kangra Kingdom copper jitals of the medieval period. The design occupies the central field with bold, deeply struck raised lines against a rough flan surface. The overall execution reflects the characteristic crude workmanship of hammered circulation coinage from the Kangra hill state series. |
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The Kangra kingdom, nestled in the Himalayan foothills of what is now Himachal Pradesh, issued copper jitals as a local trade currency functioning largely independent of the major Sultanate monetary systems pressing in from the plains below. These small coppers circulated in a regional economy built around hill trade routes and temple patronage, and their survival rate is poor — copper in humid mountain environments corrodes aggressively, and most examples that surface today show heavy oxidation or pitting.