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How come the West is using the Arabic numbers and the Arab world uses the Indian numbers?

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How come the West is using the Arabic numbers and the Arab world uses the Indian numbers?

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Both the Arab and West are using the same number system. Arabs got that system from Indians so they call it Indian. Arabs passed this system to West and hence West got this system from Arabs so they call it Arabic.