the indian numbering system became commonly used in europe in the 15th century.
the indian numbering system became commonly used in europe in the 15th century.
when did the indian numbering system become commonly used in europe?
15th century
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the indian numbering system uses separators differently from the international norm. instead of grouping digits by threes as in the international system, the indian numbering system groups the rightmost three digits together (until the hundreds place), and thereafter groups by sets of two digits. one trillion would thus be written as 10,00,00,00,00,000 or one lakh crore (or 10 kharab). this makes the number convenient to read using thousand, lakh, crore terminology. thus:









































this accords with the indian numbering system, which has units for thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of millions, etc.









































section::::names of numbers.
indian numbering system