rupee

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The rupee is a historic and widely used unit of currency in South Asia, originating in the Indian subcontinent and later adopted by various modern nations including India and Pakistan.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rupee 4
rupee canonical 2
French rupee 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency unit
monetary unit
category South Asian currencies
historical currencies
national currencies
denominationForm banknote
coin
etymology from Sanskrit word "rūpya" meaning "wrought silver" or "shaped silver"
historicalMaterial copper
gold
silver
historicalPeriod medieval India
influencedBy silver-based coinage systems
modernMaterial base metal
paper
polymer
originatedIn Indian subcontinent
region South Asia
subunitName cent
paisa
subunitOf Indian rupee
Pakistani rupee
symbolUsedIn Indian rupee sign "₹"
Mauritian rupee sign "Rs"
Nepalese rupee sign "Rs"
Pakistani rupee sign "₨"
Seychellois rupee sign "SR"
Sri Lankan rupee sign "Rs"
typicalSubunitRatio 1 rupee = 100 cents
1 rupee = 100 paisa
usedFor accounting
international trade in South Asia
pricing goods and services
savings
wages and salaries
usedInCountry Bhutan
British India
surface form: British India (historical)

East Africa
surface form: East Africa (historical)

Persian Gulf states
surface form: Gulf states (historical)

India
Indonesia
Maldives
Mauritius
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire (historical)

Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Seychelles
Sri Lanka
writingSystem Arabic script
Devanagari script
Latin alphabet
other regional scripts

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mughal dynasty currency rupee
French India currency rupee
this entity surface form: French rupee
Hyderabadi rupee category rupee
this entity surface form: Rupee
Indore State currency rupee
this entity surface form: Rupee
Mughal Emperor currency rupee
Mirza Muhammad Ali currencyUsed rupee
subject surface form: Alivardi Khan
this entity surface form: Rupee
Khalsa Sarkar currency rupee
this entity surface form: Rupee