The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c9.87

c9.87

¹ E.g., the denarius, the words for hour and minute (ωρα, λεπν), and possibly the signs of the zodiac. [R. Caldwell, *Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages*, London, 1856, p. 438.] On the probable Chinese origin of the zodiac see Schlegel, loc. cit.