"Sanskrit gave us our numbers, otherwise we’d be doing long division of IX into XXVI. The Arabs and Iranians at the court of the Abbasid caliphate added the zero"
I think that you have mistakenly reversed "numbers" and "zero" in this statement. Our modern mathematics uses ARABIC numerals not Indian
Marcus du Sautoy has an excellent series "The Story of Maths" where he traces the history of mathematics. In episode 2 he mentions the numerals we use today and the discovery of the first indication of the use of zero in a cave in India
"Sanskrit gave us our numbers, otherwise we’d be doing long division of IX into XXVI. The Arabs and Iranians at the court of the Abbasid caliphate added the zero"
I think that you have mistakenly reversed "numbers" and "zero" in this statement. Our modern mathematics uses ARABIC numerals not Indian
Marcus du Sautoy has an excellent series "The Story of Maths" where he traces the history of mathematics. In episode 2 he mentions the numerals we use today and the discovery of the first indication of the use of zero in a cave in India