Conceptualisation of Ancient Indian Concept/Representation of Numbers through Word Numerals and Alphabetic Numerals Existent till Today

Abstract

This article is an effort to reveal that – It was ancient India which guided the world how to represent systematically the numbers in word forms as well as in alphabets maintaining ascendancy of the alphabets which is still in use by the beginners in the study of Arithmetic. It was the Ancient Indian Mathematicians who probably used first and developed these numeral systems. They used word numerals and alphabetic numerals system for their astronomical studies. The aim of this article is to present an account on the evolution and development of word numeral systems and alphabetic numeral systems from ancient to the modern period.