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The 'Nepal Script' or 'Nepalese script' [10] appeared in the 10th century. The earliest instance is a manuscript entitled Lankavatara Sutra dated Nepal Era 28 (908 AD). Another early specimen is a palm-leaf manuscript of a Buddhist text the Prajnaparamita, dated Nepal Era 40 (920 AD). [11]
The Nepalese rupee (Nepali: रुपैयाँ, Roman: Rupaiyām̐; symbol: रु.; code: NPR) is the official currency of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The Nepalese rupee is subdivided into 100 paisa. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal.
Barmbrack (Irish: bairín breac [1]), also often shortened to brack, is a yeast bread with added sultanas and raisins. [2] The bread is associated with Halloween in Ireland , where an item (often a ring) is placed inside the bread, with the person receiving it considered to be fortunate.
Symbol Name Currency Notes Unicode ؋ Af ⁄ Afs: afghani Afghan afghani: Af is the singular and Afs is the plural U+060B ؋ AFGHANI SIGN: Ar: ariary Malagasy ariary [1]: baht ...
Silver punch mark coin of the Maurya empire, with symbols of wheel and elephant. 3rd century BCE. In the Maurya Empire, punch marks were widely used in the southern region of Nepal and also imported from hills and the Kathmandu valley. Mauryan coins were punch-marked with the royal standard to ascertain their authenticity.
It was decided to print a red Rhododendron flower (Nepal's national flower) on top of the watermark. Notes of these denominations which were issued in 2009 and thereafter are printed on paper which has a rhododendron flower as watermark instead of the royal portrait and were therefore released without the additional overprint in red.
Shrestha, Ramesh: Nepalese Coins and Bank Notes (1911 to 1955 CE). Published by Kazi Madhusudan Raj Bhandary, Kathmandu, 2007. ISBN 978-9937200349. Walsh, E.H.: The Coinage of Nepal with a Scholarly Introduction by Dr. T.P.Verma. Reprinted by Indological Book House, Delhi and Varanasi, 1973 (Originally published in JRAS in 1908). (91 pp. and 7 ...
Nepali Number System, also known as the Devanagari Number System, is used to represent numbers in Nepali language. It is a positional number system, which means that the value of a digit depends on its position within the number. The Nepali number system uses a script called Devanagari, which is also used for writing the Nepali language. [1]