History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s4.9

v1.c7.s4.9

Coming to later times, *i.e.*, about the 5th century B.C., we find successful attempts made to continue the series of number names based on the centesimal scale.³ We quote below from the *Lalitavistara*,⁴ a well-known Buddhist work of the first century B.C., the dialogue between Arjuna, the mathematician, and Prince Gautama (Bodhisattva):