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Indian Currency – Starting of Currency Rupee in India

December 16, 2009
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The word Rupee has evolved from the Sanskrit word “Raupya” which means wrought silver. Although the date of the origin of coinage in India is not certain, coins as currency began to be widely used during the Mauryan and the Gupta periods. But it was Sher Shah Suri who issued coins in silver by...

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