The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.90

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² This is the earliest known epigraphic record in which the date (given here both in words and in figures) is expressed by ordinary figures arranged according to the decimal system of notation. But the Sânkhêḍâ grant of the (Kalachuri or Chêdi) year 346 (expired), = A.D. 595-96 (see page 313 above, note 4), furnishes a very exceptional instance, of earlier date, of the use of the decimal system in connection with numerical symbols. From this point onwards, it is to be understood, unless anything to the contrary is expressly stated, that all the dates are expressed either by decimal figures pure and simple, or in words. This record further furnishes one of the earliest known instances of the use of Nâgarî characters in Southern India (see page 377 above, note 3, and page 386, note 5.)