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In southwest Pakistan, father-son duo preserves generational calculating method with ancient abacus

  • Inherited from forefathers, a Turkmen and his son tally business transactions using wooden beads on the ancient computing device
  • The use of abacuses dates back to 2700 BCE when these devices aided merchants in tallying their inventories accurately
By Saadullah Akhtar ·

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