Rupee
common name for several currencies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The rupee (रुपया) is the name of a currency denomination of money in various countries.
It is used in the Republic of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, Indonesia, and the Maldives. It was also used in British India, the former East Pakistan until 1971. In past times, rupees were also the name of the money used in Burma and in the German and British colonies in East Africa. The name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning silver.
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