UPSC Prelims · 2026 · GS Paper I · Q17
Consider the following statements relating to the use of the place-value system in India: The earliest epigraphic use of the place-value system in India is found in the Mankani plates from Gujarat, AD 595–596. In the ninth century, place-values become general in inscriptions all over India. The place-values have been found in Sanskrit inscriptions in South-east Asia as early as the seventh century. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- (A)1 and 2 only
- (B)1 and 3 only
- (C)2 and 3 only
- (D)1, 2 and 3
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- Subject
- History, Early Medieval
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