He is also regarded as the first major figure to make a significant break from the Indian tradition, to form an indigenous Chinese system.

Other languages had an indigenous system but borrowed a second set of numerals anyway.

A distinction was being made between western scientific medicine and indigenous systems.

This stated that the first question the Committee considered was "to decide whether the indigenous systems of medicine were scientific or not".

Almost all of the rest are schooled in pre-schools, indigenous educational systems and other centers.

The active entities in indigenous religious systems are ancestral and nature spirits.

However, several of these have since been replaced by indigenous systems or are being supplied by Indian companies.

The traditional priesthood also plays a role in the indigenous medical system, as they learn therapeutic knowledge and healing rituals.

These cases utilize the formal procedures of the Philippine government and/or the various indigenous systems.

The example of Benin shows the power of indigenous military systems, but also the role outside influences and new technologies brought to bear.