[HM] Indian numbers

AVINOAM MANN (MANN@vms.huji.ac.il)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:40:45 +0200 (IST)

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During my recent visit to India, I learned that when writing about large
numbers, say in newspaper reports on the budget, they don't use
"million", but rather two other numbers: Lakh, which is a hundred
thousand, and Crore, which is a hundred lakhs. Does anybody know the
history of these units?
Avinoam Mann

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