Indian number, Indian numeral: 1 definition
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Indian number means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
India history and geography
: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics (History)The 鈥淚ndian number system鈥� or 鈥淚ndian numeral system鈥� or 鈥�Hindu numeral notation鈥� (with zero) was perfected and was in use in India during the earliest centuries of the Christian era. The numerals could have, therefore, easily reached Europe along the trade routes in the fifth century or even earlier.鈥擺...] The earliest occurrence [of Hindu numerals] is found in a manuscript of the Geometry of Boethius (c. 500), said to belong to the tenth century. There are several other manuscripts of this work and they all contain the numerals. Some of these contain the zero whilst the others do not. If these manuscripts (or the portions of them that contain the numerals) be regarded as genuine, it will, have to be acknowledged that the Hindu numerals had reached Southern Europe about the close of the fifth century.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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