https://www.pitara.com/tags/number-origins/Recent content in Number Origins on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/where-did-numerals-originate/Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:28:15 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/where-did-numerals-originate/<p>We deal with numbers all the time. Not just while doing math lessons at school, but also while counting money at the shop, memorising the numbers of our favourite TV channels or even keeping tabs on the number of hours we spend in front of the Internet! But we are so used to numbers that it has never occurred to us to find out where these numbers come from.</p> <p>For that, we must travel back in time. We must go back to 6th century India. It was around this time, that the great Indian astronomer Aryabhatta invented a set of numerals that is now used by people all over the world.</p>