Hi friends,Silver punch mark coin of the Maurya empire, known as Rupyarupa, 3rd century BCE. Historically, the rupee (derived from the Sanskrit word raupya), was a silver coin. This had severe consequences in the nineteenth century, when the strongest economies in the world were on the gold standard. The discovery of large quantities of silver in the United States and several European colonies resulted in a decline in the value of silver relative to gold, devaluing Indias standard currency. This event was known as the fall of the rupee. Hi friends,The word rupee was derived from the Sanskrit word rūpyakam] 1. টকা (tôka) in Assamese 2. টাকা (taka) in Bengali 3. રૂપિયો (rupiyo) in Gujarati 4. ರೂಪಾಯಿ (rūpāyi) in Kannada, Tulu and Konkani 5. रुपया (rupayā) in Hindi 6. روپے (pronounced ropyih) in Kashmiri 7. रुपया (rupayā) in Konkani 8. രൂപ (rūpā) in Malayalam 9. रुपया (rupayā) in Marathi 10. रुपैयाँ(rupaiya) in Nepali 11. ଟଙ୍କା(tanka) in Oriya 12. ਰੁਪਈਆ (rupiā) in Punjabi 13. रूप्यकम् (rūpyakam) in Sanskrit (Devnagari) 14. रुपियो (rupiyo) in Sindhi 15. ரூபாய் (rūpāi) in Tamil 16. రూపాయి (rūpāyi) in Telugu 17. روپے (rupay) in Urdu
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:18:07 +0000
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