MEDIEVAL COINAGE

TANKA  - A little more than a rupee.

JITAL     -  A copper coin ,equal to 1/2 of a silver tanka of 175 grains and corresponding in value to 1 farthing ( quarter of a penny ).

ADALI   -  Revived by plohmmed tughuq. It was equivalent in weight to 140 grains of silver.

SHUSHGHANI   -  A six - jital piece.

COINAGE  in the vijayanagar kingdom was both in gold and copper .There was one specimen of a silver coin.Coins bore emblems of gods and animals.

PULSIYAH  -  The copper money ( in the martha kingdom. ).

i.) In akbar's time ,the silver rupee of about 175 grains was equal to 2s,3d sterling.

ii.) Jalali  -  a square rupee issued by akbar .

iii.) Dam  -  also called paisa or fulus ,weighed 323.5 grains .It was the chief copper coin in sher shah's currency .In akbar's time it was divided in to twenty-five parts,known as jitals.

iv) One rupee was equal to forty dams up to A.D.1616,and thirty dams ,or a little more or less.