... system of this kind is still used in the pagination of manuscripts in Ceylon, Siam, and Burma, having also had its rise in southern India. In this the thirty-four consonants when followed by a (as ka ... la) designate the numbers 1-34; by [a] (as k[a] ... l[a]), those from 35 to 68; by ... — The Hindu-Arabic Numerals • David Eugene Smith
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