The Bakhshali manuscript, an ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on more than 70 leaves of birch bark, is notable for having a dot representing ‘zero’ in it. The date of the manuscript has intrigued scientists for years, with many believing it dated from the 9th century CE. Now researchers from the University of Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have carbon dated the manuscript and found that it dates from between the 3rd and 4th centuries...
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