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What is the reason to write the integral such that one as 1 two as 2 similarly three as 3 and vice versa |
Abbas,
My favourite reference for history questions of the type you sent is The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Here is their article on Indian numerals. Scroll down the page and look at the table of Nagari numerals.
Penny
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