Do you mean Aryabhata? He is the father of the Hindu-Arabic number system which has become universal today.
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Decimal System Origins This is an issue that has many answers, with many cultures given credit by different people. Ancient China is a possible origin of the decimal system, and there is some indication that they had the concept of zero represented by the end if the thirteenth century BCE. There is some controversy about the idea that the decimal system was invented in India. This should be no surprise because people like to argue over things like this.The decimal system may have originated in the Gupta Empire.Arguably, any peoples that used to count on their fingers used the decimal system.Note:Do not confuse the decimal system with the Arabic numeral system!Both Ancient Romans and Arabs had decimal systems; but Roman numerals were hopeless for mathematics and accounting; whereas Arabic numerals are used universally today.