Video: Math and Culture - The Indus Valley

Summary:

Description: Visit the Indus Valley to learn how this innovative culture brought us our decimal number system, sophisticated probability concepts, and dazzling explorations of infinitely large numbers. © 2006 Discovery Channel School Grades: 10-12     

Segments:

India's Place-Value Number System (07:07)
India's Faithful (05:28)
The River Ganges in Varanasi's Daily Life (07:52)
Vedic Multiplication (02:23)
The Jains: Permutation and Combination (05:05)