Travels in India (Tavernier) 6.3.7

6.3.7

I pass on to the coins of the country. The Indians have for their silver money the rupee, the half, the quarter, the eighth, and the sixteenth. The weight of the rupee is 9 deniers and 1 grain, and the standard of the silver 11 deniers and 14 grains. They have also a silver coin which they call mahmūdī, but it is only current in Surat and in the province of Gujarāt.