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Rupee - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | A silver coin of 175 grains Troy, called tanka, approximating to the rupee, was struck by the Mahommedan rulers of Delhi in the 13th century; but the rupee itself, of 179 grains, was introduced by Sher Shah in 1542. |
 | | The weight of the rupee (one Iola) is also the unit upon which the Indian standard of weights is based. |
 | | Therefore a lakh of rupees, which before 1873 was worth Lio,000, is now only worth £6666, and a crore of rupees, which was formerly a million sterling, now only amounts to £666,666. |
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