The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c6.17
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c6.17
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¹ A. Hillebrandt, *Alt-Indien*, Breslau, 1899, p. 111. Fragmentary records relate that Khāravela, king of Kaliṅga, learned as a boy *lekhā* (writing), *gaṇanā* (reckoning), and *rūpa* (arithmetic applied to monetary affairs and mensuration), probably in the 5th century b.c. [Bühler, *Indische Palaeographie*, Strassburg, 1896, p. 5.]