Kharoṣṭhī numerals

Kharoṣṭhī numerals

IAST|Kharoṣṭhī included a set of numerals that are reminiscent of Roman numerals.

The symbols were I for the unit, X for four (perhaps representative of four lines or directions), unicode|੭ for ten (doubled for twenty), and unicode|ʎ for the hundreds multiplier.

However, the system does not have the substractive feature used in the Roman number system to reduce the strings length.

Note that the table beside reads right-to-left, just like the IAST|Kharoṣṭhī abugida itself and the displayed numbers.


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