[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c7.12 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c7.12 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c7.12 - **Language:** English ### [c7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7.12) This was the first introduction of the decimal system among the Saracens (830). They have ever since acknowledged their debt to the Hindus. Alberuni (1033) wrote: “The numeral signs which we use are derived from the finest forms of the Hindu signs.” - [Previous: c7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7.11) - [Next: c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7.13) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7) ## Cites (1) - [تحقيق ما للهند من مقولة مقبولة في العقل أو مرذولة](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.biruni.tahqiq-ma-lil-hind) — Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c7.12) · Pramāṇa