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.
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.