Modern numbers are called Arabic numbers, so.....
first in India but from Irabic numerals
Arabic numerals were fist developed by mathematicians in India. This happened around 500 AD, with the exception of the numeral zero which came about in 4 BC.
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The decimal system has this name because it was first used by Indian mathematicians and was then adopted by Persian and other Arabic mathematicians. It then later spread to the western world and became the world's primary system of numeration.
The concept of numbers and numerical systems has developed over centuries by numerous mathematicians and scholars from different cultures. One of the first recorded instances of numbers being used is in ancient Mesopotamia around 3400 BC. The numeral system that we commonly use today (arabic numerals) was introduced to Europe by medieval mathematicians like Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) in the 13th century.
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Mathematicians in ancient India s invented the decimal system around in the 9th century CE. It was later adopted by Persian and Arabic mathematicians and spread to the western world by the High Middle Ages.