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With a credit card, it is easy to make online purchases in foreign currencies, but most banks charge additional fees of  up to 6% for forex transactions. By timing purchases, you can save a significant amount. 

Though most currency transactions are through the bank, most Indian bank websites do not provide exchange rates without login.

X-rate - Indian Rupees to 1 US$ graph over a period of 120 days, gives information on the latest exchange rate, lowest  exchange rate and highest exchange rate over a period of  120 days.

Xe - exchange rate of all major currencies - US $,  Euro, GB Pound, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Chinese, Yuan Swiss Franc, Russian Ruble, South African Rand, Mexican Peso, for other currencies , you have to select from a drop menu. Mid market rates refreshed once a minute are also available.

RatesFX - exchange rate of  Indian Rupee against all major currencies and other currencies like the Brazilian Real, Chilean Peso, Czech Koruna, Danish krone, Israeli shekel, Malaysian ringgit, Saudi riyal, Singapore dollar, thai Baht. Gives % change over a period of 1 day, 3 months and 1 year.

Indian Rupee Predictions and Volatility data is also available - 1 month and 3 month low and high exchange rate are also indicated.

Yahoo currency converter - real time currency conversion information seems to be available. Also has a  graphical chart which shows variation over a period of  1 day, 5 days, 3 months, 1 year, 2 years and 5 years.