The number 100,000 in the Indian numbering system, commonly used in South Asia for counting large quantities.
From Hindi and Sanskrit 'lakṣ,' derived from Sanskrit 'lakṣa,' originally meaning 'mark' or 'sign,' which evolved to represent the numeral 100,000 in Indian mathematics.
India's numbering system (lakhs and crores) is actually more practical for how people think about large numbers—one lakh separates into exactly 100 groups of 1,000, making mental math easier than the Western million-billion system!
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