History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.180

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744b 744 b. Mesopotamians used 60 as their basic number instead of 10 With them each position counted for 60 and not for ten 123 in our decimal place value system is equal to 1 x 10² + 2 x 10' plus 3 A similar notation in Mesopotamia would give 60² + 2 x 60' plus 3 = 3723 For numbers below 60 the notation was clumsy as a dividing line had to be used for the tens and integers.