Rupee
The rupee (रुपया) is the name of a currency denomination of money in various countries.
It is used in the Republic of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, Indonesia, and the Maldives. It was also used in British India, the former East Pakistan until 1971. 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.
Rupee Media
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 Indies 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
Government of India — 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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