Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c5.s7.25

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(6) *Inscription at Java*⁷ (732 A.D.) *śruti-indriya-rasa śaka* 4 5 6 =654 śaka Such uses of word-numerals (i. e. same or synonymous words taking different values when placed at different places) are to be found in the *Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta* and *Khaṇḍakhādyaka* of Brahmagupta (628 A D.) and in almost all later mathematical and astronomical works. The use of the word-numeral system is also found to occur in many of the inscriptions of Cambodia, Java, Champa, Malay etc. at about 7th century A. D.