The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c7.19

c7.19

A second system of this kind is still used in the pagination of manuscripts in Ceylon, Siam, and Burma, having also had its rise in southern India. In this the thirty-four consonants when followed by *a* (as *ka* ... *la*) designate the numbers 1–34; by *ā* (as *kā* ... *lā*), those from 35 to 68; by *i* (*ki* ... *li*), those from 69 to 102, inclusive; and so on.³