Francis Buchanan describes the problem he faced from the multiplicity of coins that he found in Srirangapatna – this was a spark that triggered me to study the history of the rupee. Ultimately, after several years of research Sashi Sivramkrishna published his book, “In Search of Stability: Economics of Money, History of the Rupee” (Manohar 2015 & Routledge 2017).
This article, an episode on the rupee, was published in the Times of India …
