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The Indian rupee is the official currency of India and the erstwhile British Raj. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. The R
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Silver punch mark coin of the Maurya Empire, known as Rūpyarūpa, 3rd century BCE
Silver coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Empire known as Rūpaka (रूपक) in Sanskrit, in the style of the Western Satraps, with peacock on reverse, 455—467
Rupiya issued by Sher Shah Suri, 1540–1545
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Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab
Indian rupee
…1545, and later by the Mughal Empire. The weight remained unchanged well beyond the end of Mughal rule into the 20th century. The history of the Indian rupee traces back to ancient India around the 6th century BCE; ancient India was one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world, alongside the Chinese wen…
Silver Rupee under Zaman Shah Durrani in the 1790s, minted in Peshawar