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'''Arabic numerals''' consist of the [[number system]] most commonly used in the world: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.
'''Arabic numerals''' consist of the [[number system]] most commonly used in the world: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.
The term "Arabic numeral" is a [[misnomer]] that originated in 1847. The more accurate term is "Hindu-Arabic numeral", as the origin of the numerals is [[Hinduism]] in [[India]] between 400 B.C. and A.D. 400. The only connection with Arabs is that they communicated this system to [[Europe]] in the A.D. 900s, through Arabian [[mathematics|mathematicians]]. Most Arabs did not use these [[Indian numerals]].
The term "Arabic numeral" is a [[misnomer]] that originated in 1847. The more accurate term is "Hindu-Arabic numeral", as the origin of the numerals is [[Hinduism]] in [[India]] between 400 B.C. and A.D. 400. The only connection with Arabs is that they communicated this system to [[Europe]] in the A.D. 900s, through Arabian [[mathematics|mathematicians]]. Most Arabs did not use these Indian numerals.
Indians first discovered the concept of zero (0).
Indians first discovered the concept of zero (0).