| 单词 | star pagoda |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar pagoda star pagoda n. now historical any of a number of types of gold coin formerly current in southern India, of higher denomination than the rupee, and bearing the image of a star or stars; esp. such a coin issued by the East India Company in the early 19th cent., with a design on the obverse of a pagoda surrounded by stars; cf. pagoda n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent fanam1555 St. Thomas' coin1559 pardao1582 seraphin1582 chequina1587 pagody1588 pagoda1598 tanga1598 mahmudi1612 rupee1612 mohur1614 tola1614 lakh1615 picec1617 sicca rupee1619 rupee1678 anna1680 cash1711 R1711 star pagoda1741 pie1756 sicca1757 dam1781 dub1781 hun1807 swamy-pagoda1813 chick1842 re1856 paisa1884 naya paisa1956 poisha1974 1741 in Rec. Fort St. George (1916) LXXI. 134 A letter to Fort St. David of this date to accompany a supply of ten thousand (10,000) Star pagodas read and signed. 1776 G. Pigot Diary 12 Apr. in Copies Papers Restoration King of Tanjore (1777) I. 122 Received a letter from the Rajah..offering an assignment..of 400,000 Star Pagodas per annum. 1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. vi. v. 711 One lac of star pagodas (£40,000). 1932 Times of India 3 May 6/7 Previous attempts in 1896 and 1907 had resulted in the recovery of some hundreds of gold star pagodas. 2014 Bangalore Mirror (Nexis) 25 Aug. The manuscript was sent to Major Mark Wilks..who persuaded Lord William Bentinck at Fort St George to buy it for 2,000 star pagodas. < as lemmas |
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