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1 Jital - Chandra Deva
| Issuer | Kangra, Kingdom of |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field displays a bold Sharada script legend arranged across the coin's surface, recording the royal name or epithet of the issuing ruler, Chandra Deva. The inscription is rendered in the angular, archaic Sharada script characteristic of medieval Kangra hill coinage, with characters distributed across the available field on the irregular flan. The die work is deeply cut but unevenly struck, resulting in partially legible letters. The overall composition is typical of the jital denomination struck by the Katoch dynasty rulers of Kangra, with no additional decorative border or exergual line. |
| Reverse script | Sharada |
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Kangra's medieval coinage is poorly documented in Western numismatic literature, and Jitals from this region are frequently misattributed to neighboring Himalayan polities. Chandra Deva's issues are distinguished within specialist catalogs primarily through die studies rather than contemporary records — the kingdom left almost no surviving administrative documentation from this period.