Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for When Indian Rupee was the Arab World’s Legal Tender

When Indian Rupee was the Arab World’s Legal Tender

23 Ratings

4.3

Duration
0H 39min
Language
English
Format
Category

History

Today, the American dollar is legal tender in as many as seven sovereign nations besides the United States of America. But there was a time, not too long ago, when another currency enjoyed a similar influence far from home. It was legal tender in half a dozen countries besides its own, all of them in a region that influences the global economy more than any other on the planet today. It’s the Indian rupee. This is the rarely-told story of how a currency from a nation as impoverished as ours went on to enjoy such clout in one of the wealthiest parts of the world, and how it ended.

Release date

Audiobook: 7 September 2021
Ebook: 7 September 2021

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. How Jallianwala Bagh Massacre made Britain lose the Jewel in it's Crown
    How Jallianwala Bagh Massacre made Britain lose the Jewel in it's Crown Amit Schandillia
  2. The War That Invented Indian Banking
    The War That Invented Indian Banking Amit Schandillia
  3. Sayajirao: The Maharaja Who Defied The King
    Sayajirao: The Maharaja Who Defied The King Amit Schandillia
  4. The Story of My Assassins
    The Story of My Assassins Tarun Tejpal
  5. Lalgarh and the Legend of Kishnaji : Tales from India's Maoist Movement
    Lalgarh and the Legend of Kishnaji : Tales from India's Maoist Movement Shigdhendu Bhattacharya
  6. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India
    Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India Akshaya Mukul
  7. Government of India: Colonial Governance in British India: A Comprehensive Analysis of Imperial Rule and Its Impact on Indian Society
    Government of India: Colonial Governance in British India: A Comprehensive Analysis of Imperial Rule and Its Impact on Indian Society Thomas Babington Macaulay
  8. At the Helm
    At the Helm V. Krishnamurthy
  9. Heroic tales of Bangladesh Muktisangram - Birth of a Nation - Episode 1 The Inception
    Heroic tales of Bangladesh Muktisangram - Birth of a Nation - Episode 1 The Inception Zankar Editorial
  10. Keeping India Safe
    Keeping India Safe Vappala Balachandran
  11. Eminent Historians
    Eminent Historians Arun Shourie
  12. Not Just Cricket: A Reporter's Journey through Modern India
    Not Just Cricket: A Reporter's Journey through Modern India Pradeep Magazine
  13. 1971: The Beginning of India's Cricketing Greatness
    1971: The Beginning of India's Cricketing Greatness Boria Majumdar
  14. The Caravan - Fast forward
    The Caravan - Fast forward Taran N. Khan
  15. Champions: How The Worldcup Was Won
    Champions: How The Worldcup Was Won Suresh Menon
  16. Nehru: The Debates that Defined India
    Nehru: The Debates that Defined India Adeel Hussain
  17. The Last Few Days Of The Blue God
    The Last Few Days Of The Blue God Sanjib Chattopadhyay
  18. Battle For Sanskrit : Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred? Oppressive or Liberating? Dead or Alive?
    Battle For Sanskrit : Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred? Oppressive or Liberating? Dead or Alive? Rajiv Malhotra
  19. Husain: Portrait of An Artist
    Husain: Portrait of An Artist Ila Pal
  20. RENAISSANCE STATE THE UNWRITTEN STORY OF THE MAKING OF MAHARASHTRA
    RENAISSANCE STATE THE UNWRITTEN STORY OF THE MAKING OF MAHARASHTRA Girish Kuber
  21. The Shortest History of China
    The Shortest History of China Linda Jaivin
  22. The Geography of the Mahabharata
    The Geography of the Mahabharata Dr Shreenand Bapat
  23. The Story of My Experiments with Truth MK Gandhi
    The Story of My Experiments with Truth MK Gandhi Anushka Ravishankar
  24. Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Life, Work and Leadership
    Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Life, Work and Leadership Arundhati Bhattacharya
  25. History of Marathas EP01 - Deccan before Shivaji
    History of Marathas EP01 - Deccan before Shivaji Vikrant Pande
  26. R.D. Burman: The Man, The Music, Winner of the National Award for Best Book on Cinema, 2011
    R.D. Burman: The Man, The Music, Winner of the National Award for Best Book on Cinema, 2011 Balaji Vittal
  27. Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father
    Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father Thomas S. Kidd
  28. In The Footsteps Of Rama: Travels with the Ramayana
    In The Footsteps Of Rama: Travels with the Ramayana Vikrant Pande
  29. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
    The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan Yasmin Khan
  30. Reimagining Pakistan - Transforming A Dysfunctional Nuclear State
    Reimagining Pakistan - Transforming A Dysfunctional Nuclear State Husain Haqqani
  31. Krantikari: Bharat ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Ek Alag Kahani
    Krantikari: Bharat ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Ek Alag Kahani Sanjeev Sanyal
  32. A Concise History of Modern India
    A Concise History of Modern India Barbara D. Metcalf
  33. Jallianwala Bagh: Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry
    Jallianwala Bagh: Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry Rakhshanda Jalil
  34. Episode 1 - The Land of India & It's People
    Episode 1 - The Land of India & It's People Anjum Sharma
  35. The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion
    The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion Charles Allen
  36. Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved
    Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta
  37. History of India
    History of India Introbooks Team
  38. Self Deception : India's China Policies
    Self Deception : India's China Policies Arun Shourie
  39. The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984
    The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984 G.B.S. Sidhu
  40. Does He Know A Mother's Heart
    Does He Know A Mother's Heart Arun Shourie
  41. Auroville, A City for the Future
    Auroville, A City for the Future Anu Majumdar
  42. Imperfect
    Imperfect Sanjay Manjrekar
  43. Editor Missing: The Media in Today's India
    Editor Missing: The Media in Today's India Ruben Banerjee
  44. Kashmir: History of Its Causes and Consequences
    Kashmir: History of Its Causes and Consequences Kelly Mass
  45. Sultan: A Memoir
    Sultan: A Memoir Gideon Haigh
  46. The Wit of Cricket: Stories from Cricket's best-loved personalities
    The Wit of Cricket: Stories from Cricket's best-loved personalities Barry Johnston
  47. The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
    The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State Declan Walsh