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¹ Folio 58, recto. The dots indicate some missing figures. The problem apparently required the expression of a big number in numerical denominations. We do not find a problem of this type in any of the later works. Cf. B. Datta, "The Bakhshālī Mathematics." *BCMS*, XXI, p. 21.