HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Sanskrit
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Hieroglyphics
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Cuneiform
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Hindu-Arabic
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was invented between the 1st and 4th centuries by Indian mathematicians. The system was adopted in Arabic mathematics by the 9th century. It became more widely known through the writings of the Persian mathematician Al-Khwārizmī (On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals, c.
Detailed explanation-2: -The system became known in western Europe through the works of Islamic commentators whose works were translated into Latin. The Hindu-Arabic numerals, as they are now known, greatly facilitated arithmetic computations, particularly multiplication and division.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Evolution of a System Our own number system, composed of the ten symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 is called the Hindu-Arabic system. This is a base-ten (decimal) system since place values increase by powers of ten.
Detailed explanation-4: -The number system used throughout the world today was developed by the Guptas in India.