The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c7.16

c7.16

has the value 1,565,132, reading from right to left.¹ This, the oldest specimen (1184 A.D.) known of this notation, is given in a commentary on the Rigveda, representing the number of days that had elapsed from the beginning of the Kaliyuga. Burnell² states that this system is even yet in use for remembering rules to calculate horoscopes, and for astronomical tables.