Administrative System of the Marathas c13.7
Administrative System of the Marathas c13.7
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c13.7
Fanams were small gold coins current in Southern India. "The Fanam was originally worth about 1¼ Rupees; later it was coined of silver or base gold."—Crooke in Fryer, Vol. I, p. 106. Three silver Fanams were equivalent to three half-pence when Heber wrote in 1825.