>There's no documented proof that Indian system was descended from another system. The Fountainhead was India. Hence, purely of Indian creation.
You misunderstand my comment. Read it again:
>What we use today is the modified system, it's not purely of Indian creation.
The current numeral system used is not purely of Indian creation. This chart shows the progression of the ancient Indian numeral system to the one in use today:
The ancient Indian system was adopted by Arabic scholars who in turn modified it into an early version of the form used today, although you can see that even after the general forms of the numerals were "settled" they've continued to evolve to become the ones familiar to us now.
So no, not purely of Indian creation, anymore than the modern English alphabet, as noted above, is purely a Phoenician creation. Like most concepts, it's been adopted and modified across the ages.
You misunderstand my comment. Read it again:
>What we use today is the modified system, it's not purely of Indian creation.
The current numeral system used is not purely of Indian creation. This chart shows the progression of the ancient Indian numeral system to the one in use today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Numeration-brahmi_fr.png
The ancient Indian system was adopted by Arabic scholars who in turn modified it into an early version of the form used today, although you can see that even after the general forms of the numerals were "settled" they've continued to evolve to become the ones familiar to us now.
So no, not purely of Indian creation, anymore than the modern English alphabet, as noted above, is purely a Phoenician creation. Like most concepts, it's been adopted and modified across the ages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu%E2%80%93A...