KASHIHARA, Nara -- A wooden tablet unearthed in 2001 from the ruins of Japan's late seventh to early eighth century capital Fujiwara-kyo here was part of a multiplication table chart used by ...
It may even represent the oldest multiplication table found in Japan. The ruins of Fujiwara-kyō can be found in what is now Kashihara in Japan's Nara Prefecture, which is located along the ...