The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c7.44

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c7.44

⁴ It is stated by Bühler in a personal letter to Bayley (loc. cit., p. 65) that there are hundreds of instances of this usage in the *Bṛhat Saṃhitā*. The system was also used in the *Pañcasiddhāntikā* as early as 505 A.D. [Bühler, *Palaeographie*, p. 80, and Fleet, *Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society*, 1910, p. 819.]

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Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
Pañcasiddhāntikā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit