The Indian and South Asian countries which included Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan used numbering to express large numbers. The terms Lakh, Crore, Arabs, and Kharabs.
Below are some examples of numbers in International Units Vs Indian/South Asian Units
International, Hundred Thousand are expresses One Lakh in the Indian numbering,
International, One Million are expressed Ten Lakhs in the Indian numbering,
International, Ten Million are expressed One Crore in the Indian numbering,
International, Hundred Million is expressed Ten Crore in the Indian numbering,
International, One Billion are expressed One Arab in the Indian numbering,
International, Ten Billion are expressed Ten Arabs in the Indian numbering,
International, Hundred Billion are expressed One Kharab in the Indian numbering,
International, Hundred Billion are expressed Ten Kharabs in the Indian numbering,
Refer to the below table to know how they are being written.
International Units | Indian/South Asian Units |
| 10,000 Ten Thousand | = 10,000 Ten Thousand |
| 100,000 Hundred Thousand | = 1,00,000 One Lakh |
| 1,000,000 One Million | = 10,00,000 Ten Lakhs |
| 10,000,000 Ten Million | = 1,00,00,000 One Crore |
| 100,000,000 Hundred Million | =10,00,00,000 Ten Crore |
| 1,000,000,000 One Billion | = 1,00,00,00,000 One Arab |
| 10,000,000,000 Ten Billion | = 10,00,00,00,000 Ten Arabs |
| 100,000,000,000 Hundred Billion | = 1,00,00,00,00,000 One Kharab |
| 1,000,000,000,000,000 Hundred Billion | = 10,00,00,00,00,000 Ten Kharabs |
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