Evolutionary Process of Babylonian Mathematics (2500 BC–100 BC)

Abstract

The origin of mathematics traces back since ancient period on the phenomenon of counting. For such counting, people used to apply thumbs, some other types of symbols/figures e.g. making use of stones, pebbles, sticks, marker as felt necessary for their purposes to be served. This primitive way of thinking to count may be considered as the first spark of germination to build the pathway of evolutionary process of mathematics. It is considered that those ancient people had shown the way to represent such counting process in writing form. Therefore, we can arrive at a conclusion that the beginning of writing form is none other than mathematics. Form various gathered sources one can apprehend that such requirement of counting was the most essential part of day-to-day living in the area of trade, commerce, astronomy, architecture etc., in various places of the world. The glimpses of this phenomenon are depicted here under. Counting in various forms was the beginning concept of realisation of Mathematics as a subject in different places at various points of time such as Babylonian, Egyptian, Indo-Arabic, Chinese, Greco-Roman and Modern age in successive title contents. This paper dwells with such counting concept in Babylon.