emperor sher shah suri was the ruler who issued the first rupiya in country.
emperor sher shah suri was the ruler who issued the first rupiya in country.
which ruler issued the first rupiya in country?
emperor sher shah suri
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sher shah suri, the founder of the sur empire ruled north india from 1540 to 1545 ad. during his reign, suri issued pure silver coins in 1542 and named it "rupiya" (meaning "beautiful form"). the denomination remained in usage through the mughal, maratha, east india company and british rules. the rupiya was retained by the east india company till 1835 and formed the basis of the british raj currency till 1947. each rupiya coin weighed . the sub-unit of rupyia were copper pieces and 40 copper pieces constituted as one rupiya. sher shah suri named the copper pieces as paisa.
one rupee (indian coin)