Indian Palaeography c3.20

c3.20

If the balls are counted vertically. they give the figures 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and what is left below is X, i.e. nothing or empty or *Śūnya*. If the balls are counted diagonally the uppermost row leaves only one ball and so many *nothings*. At the end there is again an extra *nothing*, which is similar to the dead value of the bottom row. But is it so dead? This was the main question. It remained a riddle for a long time.