[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979) › c5.s8.2 # Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c5.s8.2 Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c5.s8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c5.s8.2) These operations were carried out on a dust computing board (\*pāṭī\*). The method required the rubbing out of digits in every operation. According to Arabian scholars Āl-Khwārizmī (825 A. D.), Al-Uqlidisi (952 A. D.) Hindu arithmetic entered Islam with dust abacus as an intrinsic tool of it.² The latter author replaced the dust abacus to suit paper and ink. He used the Arabic word \*takht\* for \*pāṭī\*. - [Previous: c5.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c5.s8.1) - [Next: c5.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c5.s8.3) - [Up: c5.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c5.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c5.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c5.s8.2) · Pramāṇa