Question 17 · History

Consider the following statements relating to the use of the place-value system in India. Which of the statements given above are correct?

1. 1.The earliest epigraphic use of the place-value system in India is found in the Mankani plates from Gujarat (AD 595-596).
2. 2.In the ninth century, place-values become general in inscriptions all over India.
3. 3.The place-values have been found in Sanskrit inscriptions in South-east Asia as early as the seventh century.

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