Evidence coverage: 1643–1766. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Accounts through June 1643 total 9,250 new pagodas for expenses. This establishes local pagoda accounting; its association with the later Star-pagoda profile remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications →Madras accounts in 1683 count 36 fanams per pagoda. The 1717 general-book reform changes cash subdivisions within the account, rather than creating a new currency.
Sources and qualifications →A December 1766 list of Carnatic debts totals 2,229,650 Star pagodas, providing an explicit liability witness.
Sources and qualifications →Madras pagoda accounts converted to rupees in 1818 at one pagoda to 3½ rupees; presidency unification followed in 1835. Admit compressed local absorption into the retained Indian rupee lineage, not the rupee’s founding. The intervening presidency stage remains explicit.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Accounts through June 1643 total 9,250 new pagodas for expenses. This establishes local pagoda accounting; its association with the later Star-pagoda profile remains qualified.
C2041Madras accounts in 1683 count 36 fanams per pagoda. The 1717 general-book reform changes cash subdivisions within the account, rather than creating a new currency.
C2042A December 1766 list of Carnatic debts totals 2,229,650 Star pagodas, providing an explicit liability witness.
C2043Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Accounts through June 1643 total 9,250 new pagodas for expenses. This establishes local pagoda accounting; its association with the later Star-pagoda profile remains qualified.
pp.56–57:1643 expenses; p.505 n.5:1683 accounts; p.510:13 May1717 consultation
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full OCR inspected; printed page images and original manuscripts not collated.
Madras accounts in 1683 count 36 fanams per pagoda. The 1717 general-book reform changes cash subdivisions within the account, rather than creating a new currency.
pp.56–57:1643 expenses; p.505 n.5:1683 accounts; p.510:13 May1717 consultation
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full OCR inspected; printed page images and original manuscripts not collated.
A December 1766 list of Carnatic debts totals 2,229,650 Star pagodas, providing an explicit liability witness.
The Consolidated Loan of1767, n.29; glossary entry pagoda
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Madras pagoda accounts converted to rupees in 1818 at one pagoda to 3½ rupees; presidency unification followed in 1835. Admit compressed local absorption into the retained Indian rupee lineage, not the rupee’s founding. The intervening presidency stage remains explicit.
The Consolidated Loan of1767, n.29; glossary entry pagoda; Chapter I, pp.15–16 and18–23:1750 treasury,1818 Madras reform and1835 common rupee
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The Consolidated Loan of1767, n.29; glossary entry pagoda; Chapter I, pp.15–16 and18–23:1750 treasury,1818 Madras reform and1835 common rupee
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.