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Originally Posted by crayon  The numbers used in the current arabic language were invented by indians, yes. They're now known as eastern arabic numerals.
Arabic numerals, however, the original ones, were 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. They were originally used in North Africa by arabs, and then the west caught on and started using them too. Check out wiki about them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals |
They were invened by Indians but it was arabs that brought them to Europe, hence the name.
wow, I didn't know Arabs used to call them hindu numerals.