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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
PRONUNCIATION OF ORIENTAL NAMES vi
I. EARLY IDEAS OF THEIR ORIGIN 1
II. EARLY HINDU FORMS WITH NO PLACE VALUE 12
III. LATER HINDU FORMS, WITH A PLACE VALUE 38
IV. THE SYMBOL ZERO 51
V. THE QUESTION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NUMERALS INTO EUROPE BY BOETHIUS 63
VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUMERALS AMONG THE ARABS 91
VII. THE DEFINITE INTRODUCTION OF THE NUMERALS INTO EUROPE 99
VIII. THE SPREAD OF THE NUMERALS IN EUROPE 128
INDEX 153
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