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== The Indian system==

The Indian numbering system corresponds to the Western system forform the zerothzero through fourthfour powers of ten: one (10⁰), ten (10¹), one hundred (10²), one thousand (10³), and ten thousand (10⁴). For higher powers of ten, the names no longer correspond. In the Indian system, the next powers of ten are called one lakh, ten lakh, one crore, ten crore, one arab (or one hundred crore), and so on; there are new words for every second power of ten (10^{5 + 2n}): ''lakh'' (10⁵), ''crore'' (10⁷), ''arab'' (10⁹),

''kharab'' (10^¹¹), etc. In the Western system, the next powers of ten are called one hundred thousand, one million, ten million, one hundred million, one billion ([[Short scale|short scale]])/one thousand million ([[Long scale|long scale]]), and so on; in the [[Short scale|short scale]], there are new words for every third power of ten (10³ⁿ): ''million'' (10⁶), ''billion'' (10⁹), ''trillion'' (10¹²), etc.