Convert any number (0-7,999) to authentic Mayan dot-and-bar symbols. Each position in the base-20 vigesimal system is shown visually with its column value.
Each glyph can represent 0-19. Bars stack up to 3 (= 15), then dots are added. A full glyph with 3 bars and 4 dots = 19.
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The Maya developed one of the most sophisticated number systems in the ancient world, independently inventing the concept of zero around 350 AD - roughly 200 years before it appeared in India. The system is vigesimal (base 20), likely because the Maya counted both fingers and toes.
The 260-day sacred calendar (Tzolkin) and 365-day solar calendar (Haab) were both based on this numeral system. The famous Mayan Long Count calendar used it to track thousands of years.
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