Title page of The Problem of the Rupee: Its Origin and Its Solution, P. S. King & Son, London, 1923, the published version of Ambedkar's London D.Sc. thesis. Osmania University Library copy (Digital Library of India scan; the same scan is on Wikimedia Commons as a DjVu file).
Title page, first edition, 1923 · Photo: B. R. Ambedkar (P. S. King & Son) · Public domain (PD-India) · Internet Archive
Book · 1923

The Problem of the Rupee

His economics thesis on India’s currency.

Inside the volumeWritings and Speeches, Vol. 6Printed pages 315–620 · PDF pages 332–637
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Contents of The Problem of the Rupee

  1. PrefacePDF p. 344
  2. ForewordPDF p. 346
  3. Chapter I. From a Double Standard to a Silver StandardPDF p. 350
  4. Chapter II. The Silver Standard and the Dislocation of Its ParityPDF p. 393
  5. Chapter III. The Silver Standard and the Evils of Its InstabilityPDF p. 430
  6. Chapter IV. Towards a Gold StandardPDF p. 460
  7. Chapter V. From a Gold Standard to a Gold Exchange StandardPDF p. 502
  8. Chapter VI. Stability of the Exchange StandardPDF p. 517
  9. Chapter VII. A Return to the Gold StandardPDF p. 578