Rupee
The rupee is the name of a currency amount ("denomination" of money) in various countries.
It is used in the Republic of India and Pakistan. It was also used in British India, the former East Pakistan until 1971, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. In past times, rupees were also the name of the money used in Burma and in the German and British colonies in East Africa. The name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning silver. The rupiah of Indonesia and the rufiyah of the Maldives are kinds of money that also got their name from this word. All of these were previously Spanish dollars.
Rupee Media
Purple: Countries using a rupee as an official currency India, Indonesia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka Orange: Countries where a foreign country's rupee is legal tender Indian rupee: Bhutan, Nepal Indonesian rupiah: East Timor
Rūpyarūpa issued by the Maurya Empire, with symbols of wheel and elephant. 3rd century BC.
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 CE
Rupiya issued by the Sher Shah Suri, 1540–1545 CE.
The French East India Company issued silver Rupee in the name of Muhammad Shah (1719–1748) for Northern India trade, minted in Pondicherry.
Silver Rupee under Zaman Shah Durrani in the 1790s, minted in Peshawar
Government of India - 5 Rupee note (1858)
The British Raj issued 1 Rupee banknote, 1917.
Silver rupee coins from the Bengal Presidency, struck in the name of Shah Alam II, minted in Calcutta.
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