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wrong. https://cdn.britannica.com/668x448/60/91960-004-42DF23AB.jpg https://cdn.britannica.com/668x448/60/91960-004-42DF23AB.jpg
by kifachachaf 8y ago
wrong. https://cdn.britannica.com/668x448/60/91960-004-42DF23AB.jpg https://cdn.britannica.com/668x448/60/91960-004-42DF23AB.jpg
- gumby 8y agoIs it? You can see from the picture you posted that the glyphs of the digits from Gwalior have as strong resemblance to contemporary 1, 2, 3, 4/5, 7, 9, and 0 (the 4/5 relation is similar to the evolution of English letters like J, G and Y from the Phoenician/Greek letters) while the current Arabic digits, the east Arabic of that chart, are mostly quite different.
- v_lisivka 8y agoIdea behind modern digits is pretty simple: just count number of angles: http://mathandmultimedia.com/2013/05/23/angles-and-the-hindu-arabic-numerals/ http://mathandmultimedia.com/2013/05/23/angles-and-the-hindu...