Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.306

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Kāśu, Tel. K. A small copper coin, current at Madras, made equal in 1832, to the Calcutta and Madras paisa and rated at 64 to the rupee; it was formerly rated at 80 to a fanam, a small silver coin, it also means, in Tamil, coin, money, e.g., Poṇakāśu, gold coin; Veṇṇukāśu, silver coin; Peṭṭalai-kāśu, copper coin. It formerly denoted a coin of a certain value, supposed by some to have been the same as S. karsha and equal to the double silver fanam of Madras. (b) A coin of gold, silver, or copper, the copper kāśu worth about 1/20th (?) of a penny. (c) 1/64 of a rupee, half a pie in South Kanara. (d) A pie or 1/12 of a rupee in Mysore (W. p. 267; B. & C. III., p. 1497; N. p. 162).