Vol. VII, No. 11.] References to Indian Mathematics. 809 
[V.S.] 
In the last-named work the author gives a circumstantial 
account of the invention of the modern numerical system by 
the Hindus. 
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. Symbols used by Maximus Planudes (after Goenonsie)- 
= Pppowatee s figures. (Journal Asiatique, 1863, p. 58.) 
ls en by Hosein b. Muh. el- Mahalli. (Journal 
Ablalres, 1863, p. 63.) 
Ahmed b Bae Rokr gives these in his book on ‘ Ancient 
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iinmpices of Boethius taken from Friedlein’s edition, p. 397. 
Or ag il Arabic figures 
These are early Hindu symbols of the 4th century A.D. taken 
from coins as in R. n’s British Museum Catalogue 
;. Hindu symbols of the 12th century a.p., Epigraphia Indica, tr; 
Modern Hindu symbols [i.e Devanagari]. 
‘* As to the Pythagoreans, *? he writes, ‘‘ and these are the 
men of numbers, they admit six orders.... The first order 
goes from one to nime and is called the order of units. These 
