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In the 100th episode of Writer and Geek Show, the lads discuss the origins of the numerical system and how Vishnu was poor in maths.

Tally marks were used as early ways of counting.

Roman numerals were an extension of primitive tally marks with the usage of alphabets as numerals.

A positional system with place value attached to digits was invented in India between 1st and 4th century AD.

Aryabhatta approximated the value of Pi during the early medieval period.

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi popularized the Hindu numerals in the Arabian and Western world through his mathematical work.

Fibonacci used these Hindu Arabic numerals for his work and thus popularized it in Europe.

They came to be known as the Hindu Arabic system or as Arabic numerals.

In the 15th century, Hindu Arabic numerals replaced Roman numerals as the primary number system.

Wikipedia articles:

Number System

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

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