MEDIEVAL JITAL OF KANGRA
With the closing of vital trade routes due to the Mongol invasion of Afghanistan, this remote Himalayan town in India developed into a major trading center in the 13th Century, supplying horses to Northern India. These small (12mm) copper Jitals of Kangra are well struck, however are very crudely engraved. The design, based on coins that had been in use for centuries, features a very crude Brahma Bull on one side, and a horseman on the other. The coins were made from about 1220 to 1300 AD.
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