The Indian numeral system is based on the decimal system, with two notable differences from Western systems using
long and short scales. The system is ingrained in everyday monetary transactions in the Indian subcontinent.
| Hindi semantic |
International semantic |
Indian comma placement |
International comma placement |
|---|
| 1 hazar |
1 thousand |
1,000 |
1,000 |
| 10 hazar |
10 thousand |
10,000 |
10,000 |
| 1 lakh |
100 thousand |
1,00,000 |
100,000 |
| 10 lakhs |
1 million |
10,00,000 |
1,000,000 |
| 1 crore |
10 million |
1,00,00,000 |
10,000,000 |
| 10 crores |
100 million |
10,00,00,000 |
100,000,000 |
| 1 arab |
1 billion |
1,00,00,00,000 |
1,000,000,000 |
| 10 arabs |
10 billion |
10,00,00,00,000 |
10,000,000,000 |
| 1 kharab |
100 billion |
1,00,00,00,00,000 |
100,000,000,000 |
| 10 kharabs |
1 trillion |
10,00,00,00,00,000 |
1,000,000,000,000 |
| 1 neel |
10 trillion |
1,00,00,00,00,00,000 |
10,000,000,000,000 |
| 10 neel |
100 trillion |
10,00,00,00,00,00,000 |
100,000,000,000,000 |
| 1 padam |
1 quadrillion |
1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 |
1,000,000,000,000,000 |
| 10 padams |
10 quadrillion |
10,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 |
10,000,000,000,000,000 |
| 1 shankh |
100 quadrillion |
1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 |
100,000,000,000,000,000 |
| 10 shankhs |
1 quintillion |
10,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 |
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
- Note that in practice, use of arab, kharab, neel, padam and shankh is rare. In modern usage, 1 arab would be 100 crores.
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