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Question 7
UPSCHistory2026Prelims GS Paper ISeries A
Subject / विषय: History
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?
भारत में स्थानीय-मान पद्धति के उपयोग से संबंधित निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए:
- भारत में स्थानीय-मान पद्धति का सर्वप्रथम उत्कीर्ण-अभिलेखीय उपयोग गुजरात की मनकणी पट्टिकाओं (595–596 AD) में मिलता है।
- नवीं शताब्दी में संपूर्ण भारत में उत्कीर्ण लेखों में स्थानीय-मान सामान्य हो जाते हैं।
- दक्षिण-पूर्व एशिया में संस्कृत के उत्कीर्ण लेखों में स्थानीय-मान सातवीं शताब्दी के प्रारंभ से ही मिलते हैं।
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