Sinhala Numeration

Numeration in Ancient Sri Lanka and Importance of Sinhala Zero

Numeration in Medieval Sri Lanka and Importance of Sinhala Zero Harsha Wijayawardhana B.S. in Biochemistry (Miami), CITP(UK), FBCS (UK) Introduction Sinhala Mathematics and Numeration traditions in ancient and medieval Sri Lanka had lost over time. With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815 to the British, the remaining scanty knowledge of Sinhala Mathematics vanished…