The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c7.64

c7.64

The testimony and opinions of men like Bühler, Kielhorn, V. A. Smith, Bhandarkar, and Thibaut are entitled to the most serious consideration. As authorities on ancient Indian epigraphy no others rank higher. Their work is accepted by Indian scholars the world over, and their united judgment as to the rise of the system with a place value — that it took place in India as early as the sixth century a.d. — must stand unless new evidence of great weight can be submitted to the contrary.