Consider the following statements relating to the use of the place-value system in India :
- 1.The earliest epigraphic use of the place-value system in India is found in the Mankani plates from Gujarat (AD 595 – 596).
- 2.In the ninth century, place-values become general in inscriptions all over India.
- 3.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 ?
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Answer: D. 1, 2 and 3
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