༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩
Tibetan numerals
A place-value system in base 10, with a zero.
StructurePositional — a digit's value depends on the column it sits in
Base10
ZeroYes — a true zero, holding an empty place
RegionTibet, Bhutan, the Himalayan plateau
Dateswith the script, from the 7th c. CE
UnicodeU+0F20–U+0F29
Status living
Curatorial note
Decimal and positional, taken with the script from the Indic world in the seventh century. Tibetan also encodes a set of half-digits used in older astronomical and administrative writing — a fractional notation with no equivalent in the other sets on this floor.
Specimen
The digits, at size 56 ༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩
40 ༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩
26 ༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩
17 ༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩