History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s8.48

v1.c7.s8.48

Epigraphic evidences show that the new system was quite common in India in the eighth century and that the old system ceased to exist in Northern India by the middle of the tenth century. This would, therefore, place the invention of our system in the period between the first century B.C. and the third century A.D.