Indian Epigraphy c16.s8.37

c16.s8.37

Alamgīrī Dāms made a Rupee. The proportionate rates varied in later times and were liable to great fluctuation. Another late medieval coin named Dāmṛī, sometimes regarded as equal to 3½ or 3¼ Dāms or from 8 to 12 cowries, appears to have originated from the same source.¹ The Dramma is mentioned in medieval Tamil inscriptions as Diramam.² In the epigraphs of the Kannaḍa-speaking area, there are references to various kinds of Drammas such as Gara-dramma, Dāya-dramma and Beḷḷiya-dramma.³ The expression beḷḷiya-dramma means ‘silver Dramma’.