Laravel 5.6 barryvdh dompdf version 0.8.4 show Indian Rupee symbol as "?" - laravel

In one of my Laravel 5 project, I have used barryvdh dompdf (version 0.8.4) to generate PDF files. I used the following for meta e.g. <meta charset="utf-8"> and in html code, I used to show the Indian Rupee symbol e.g. <div style="font-size: 16px;">Payment of ₹ 6000.</div>
(&#8377 ; = html unicode of INR)
The PDF generates well however, the INR symbol is showing as ?. From several sources, I see that they are using dejavu font. I have used the same
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However by using the dejaVu, the other text including INR sign in the PDF are showing garbage characters. Any help?
PS - Should I download the font and store it into the asests/ folder?

Add code inside of html tag
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<style>
* { font-family: DejaVu Sans, sans-serif; }
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