Mughal rupee
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The Mughal rupee was a silver coin that served as the standard monetary unit of the Mughal Empire, widely used in trade and administration across the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mughal rupee canonical | 4 |
| Mughal coinage | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical currency
ⓘ
monetary unit ⓘ silver coin ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| bore |
mint name
ⓘ
regnal year ⓘ |
| boreNameOf | reigning Mughal emperor ⓘ |
| category |
Mughal coinage
ⓘ
historical currencies of India ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
Bengal
ⓘ
Central India ⓘ Deccan Plateau ⓘ
surface form:
Deccan
northern India ⓘ
surface form:
North India
|
| currencyOf |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| hasDenominationType | rupee ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bangladeshi taka
ⓘ
Maldivian rufiyaa ⓘ Mauritian rupee ⓘ Nepalese rupee ⓘ Pakistani rupee ⓘ Ceylon rupee ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan rupee
modern Indian rupee ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sher Shah Suri ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| metalStandard | silver standard ⓘ |
| mintedIn |
Agra
ⓘ
Ahmedabad ⓘ Delhi ⓘ Kabul ⓘ Lahore ⓘ Multan ⓘ Patna ⓘ Surat ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Indian rupee
ⓘ
surface form:
British Indian rupee
|
| scriptOnObverse | Persian ⓘ |
| scriptOnReverse | Persian ⓘ |
| shape | round ⓘ |
| standardUnitOfAccountIn |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| standardWeight | approximately 11.4 grams ⓘ |
| subdivision |
16 annas
ⓘ
40 copper dams ⓘ 64 paise ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration
ⓘ
taxation ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedIn |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mughal coinage