[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Indian arithmetic and astronomy in Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab) › كتاب الفصول في الحساب الهندي # كتاب الفصول في الحساب الهندي The Arithmetic of al-Uqlīdisī Earliest extant Arabic manual of Indian (dust-board) arithmetic, adapted to pen and paper, with the earliest use of decimal fractions. - **Language:** Arabic - **Date:** 952–953 CE - **Author:** [Abū l-Ḥasan al-Uqlīdisī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/uqlidisi) - **Place:** Dimashq (Damascus) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab.uqlidisi](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab.uqlidisi) · Pramāṇa