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Arabic Numerical system

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in response to reader comment: West readily accepted the 'Arabic' (actually Sanskrit) numerals?

Submitted by priyam (India), Apr 13, 2013 at 14:41

There is a number system in arabic, called Dajal numer.. This number starts from 1-10 then insted of coming to 11, they count 20,30,40......90,100 then 200,300,400,500....1000.. This is the Silliness of Arabic numerical. I'm from india

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