History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s7.14

v1.c7.s7.14

**Difference from other Notations.** In the Brâhmî there are separate signs for each of the numbers 1, 4 to 9 and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, . . . . . 1000, 2000, etc., while in the oldest Kharoṣṭhî and in the earliest Semitic writings, the Hieroglyphic and the Phoenician, the only symbols are those for 1, 10, 20 and 100.