[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s8.37 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s8.37 Indian Epigraphy c16.s8.37 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.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’. - [Previous: c16.s8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.36) - [Next: c16.s8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.38) - [Up: c16.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.37) · Pramāṇa