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Why are Arabic numerals called Arabic numerals when they actually came from India?
Arabic numerals are called that because the European interpretation of those numbers comes from the Arabs. The numerals are called Arabic numerals (even though they do not resemble modern Arabic numerals in the slightest) to distinguish them from Roman numerals.
Which came first Arabic or roman numerals?
In medieval Western Europe the numeracy system was Roman then in the Middle Ages the Hindu-Arabic numeracy system was introduced.
Why are Hindi-Arabic numerals called Hindi-Arabic numerals?
They are actually called Hindu-Arabic numerals, so named because the system originated in India and was brought to Europe by the Western Arabs.
Did the Muslims invent Arabic numerals?
No, They came from India
How did Indian numerals come to be called Arabic numerals?
Indian numerals came to be called Hindu- Arabic numerals for many reasons. Some of those reasons are because they were originated from India where they were using the numerals for 1 to 9 for more than 2,000 years. Arab traders then brought these numerals to the West, As a result, we call them Arabic numerals, or Hindu-Arabic numerals.
