Abasi
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- For the village in India, see Abasi, IndiaAbasi, IndiaAbasi is a village in Sorab taluk of Shimoga district, Karnataka, India.How to go?...
The abasi was a unit of currency
Currency
In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
in 19th century Afghanistan
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. 3 abasi = 1 rupee
Rupee
The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...
. It was further subdivided into 2 sanar or 4 shahi. This system was later replaced with one wherein 1 rupee = 2 kran = 60 paisa, and then finally with the decimalized 1 rupee Afghani = 100 pouls http://www.askphil.org/b25a.htm