Tshering22 said: Why are you ashamed of our system? Our calculation system is thousands of years old compared to the flimsy metric system designed in the west copying the numerals middle eastern lot transfered from India's numerals.



Lakhs was Laksha, Crore is Koti in sanskrit and hazaar is sahastra in Sanskrit.



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It's not as much as being ashamed, rather the confusion that happens due to it. Take into example, the US the system of inches to foot to yards is much more irritating than cm to m to km. The thing he is trying to say is that in a world that is globalizing at a rapid rate, and where India is also globalizing and developing at a rapid rate, it would be better to have a common system for the entire world. Also keep in mind that US actually lost one of its probes on Mars due to mix up in the conversion system.