Catalog
1 Jital - Apurva Chandra Deva
| Issuer | Kangra, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1340-1351 |
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| Currency | Drachm (1170-1847) |
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| Obverse script | Nagari |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line inscription in Nagari script distributed across the entire field, reading the royal title and name of the issuing ruler. The legend is arranged in horizontal lines filling the coin's surface, typical of the epigraphic style employed by the Kangra hill chiefs of the 14th century. The inscription is boldly engraved but shows characteristic irregularity of hand-hammered coinage, with some letters compressed toward the margins of the flan. |
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Kangra's coinage under the rulers of the Katoch dynasty remains poorly documented in Western numismatic literature, leaving attributions like this one dependent almost entirely on the work of regional specialists. The AKJ reference corpus — compiled from temple hoards and site finds across Himachal Pradesh — is the primary framework for placing these issues. Apurva Chandra Deva ruled during a period when the Delhi Sultanate's grip on the Himalayan foothills was loosening, allowing small hill kingdoms to reassert independent monetary production, however modest in scope.