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1 Jital - Avatara Chandra Deva
| Issuer | Kangra, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1450-1465 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Schematized and crudely executed depiction of a horseman facing right, rendered in low relief in the debased artistic style characteristic of late medieval hill-kingdom copper jitals. The rider's form is highly stylized, with the horse's body suggested by broad flat relief strokes. The overall execution reflects the rudimentary die-cutting conventions of the Kangra mint of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Three-line Sharada script legend filling the field, reading 'Maharaja Sri Avatara Chandra Deva', the royal epithet of the issuing ruler of the Kangra Kingdom. The characters are raised in low relief against a flat field, executed in a rough but legible hand consistent with the hammered coinage of the 15th-century Kangra hill states. The inscription is contained within the irregular flan without a formal border. |
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| Reverse lettering | महाराज श्री अवतार चन्द्र देव |
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