History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s5.9

v1.c8.s5.9

The modern method of division is not found in the Bakhshâlî Manuscript, although the name of the operation is found at several places. The absence of the method may be due to the mutilated form of the text, although it is quite possible that the method was not known at that early period (200 A.D.).