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Ceylon / Sri Lankan rupee
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
6 ancestors1 descendantEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor1700–1794
Mughal rupee–dam accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1818–1835
Madras pagoda–fanam accountingQualified · Later contributionLater contribution1793–1802
Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee accountDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1835–1838
Calcutta sicca rupeeDocumentedLater contribution1955
Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupeeDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1872–1949
Indian rupeeDocumentedThis currencyLKR
Ceylon / Sri Lankan rupeeDates, conversion terms and evidence 6 connections
Indian rupee Ceylon / Sri Lankan rupee
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Calcutta sicca rupee Indian rupee
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupee Indian rupee
1955DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee account Calcutta sicca rupee
1793–1802DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mughal rupee–dam accounting Calcutta sicca rupee
Evidence period: 1700–1794QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Madras pagoda–fanam accounting Indian rupee
Evidence period: 1818–1835QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗What followed
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This currencyLKR
Ceylon / Sri Lankan rupeeSuccessor or branchMVR
Maldivian rufiyaaKeep going forwardExplore all 1 descendant +
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This currencyLKR
Ceylon / Sri Lankan rupeeSuccessor or branch1947
Maldivian rufiyaaDocumented