India invented the use of the 0 as a place holder and so the decimal system.
Hindus of India
Melvil Dewy
Melvil Dewey created the Dewey Decimal system. It is a classification system used by libraries, and not what is meant in the question. The decimal number system is the number system that we all use on a daily basis; it was invented by a succession of Arab and Hindu mathematicians beginning about 1400 years ago.
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.
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It is thought that decimal numbers were used by the Elamite dynasty (Iran) approx 5000 (+/- 500) years ago.
It was developed in 1876. SO WAS UR NAN
The decimal point was invented by John Napier.
DDC is a library classification system invented in 1876.
The first people to use the decimal system and the number zero WERE NOT THE CHINESE! I am learning about this in school. The ancient Hindu's invented them during the Gupta Empire.
Melville Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal System to shelve books by subject.