Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c7.14

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c7.14

At the commencement of the Christian era, the Chinese “adopted the decimal system of notation introduced by the Buddhists, and changed their ancient custom of writing figures from top to bottom for the Indian custom of from left to right.” ⁷⁵

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