CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PRONUNCIATION OF ORIENTAL NAMES [vi]
I. EARLY IDEAS OF THEIR ORIGIN [1]
II. EARLY HINDU FORMS WITH NO PLACE VALUE [12]
III. LATER HINDU FORMS, WITH A PLACE VALUE [38]
IV. THE SYMBOL ZERO [51]
V. THE QUESTION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
NUMERALS INTO EUROPE BY BOETHIUS [63]
VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUMERALS AMONG THE ARABS [91]