ZerOrigIndia Foundation, which restricts its scope to India,has set itself the task of having a properly staffed and fundedmultidisciplinary research team of experts take up the challenge of answeringthe question as to when and where the zero digit first appeared, and ifpossible to pinpoint the prevailing cultural conditions under which theindividual thrived, who made this astounding contribution to progress.
Members of this initiative , including our esteemed WahidSaleh , recently came across thediscovery of a stone slab with epigraphicalinscriptions . The broken, roundedstone (15x9x6 cm) inscribed with numerical figures may possibly be the earliestexamples of a ZERO inscription in the world. Prof. H.N Dutta former Head of theDirectorate of Archaeology Assam under Cultural Affairs Department and presentlyVice-chancellor of Nagaland Open University, confirmed the date of the stoneinscription of ZERO, discovered by a local school teacher in the district of Golaghat, to be from the 3rd century CE. TheAssam ZERO, if reconfirmed by independent sources, would be one of the mostimportant historical discoveries of the world. Please find some of the details athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/694280247396170 Peter Gobets - THE OLDEST ZERO YET Dr H.N Dutta (photo... | Facebook | | | Peter Gobets - THE OLDEST ZERO YET Dr H.N Dutta (photo... | Facebook THE OLDEST ZERO YET Dr H.N Dutta (photo below), former Head of the Directorate of Archaeology Assam under Cultur... | | | ThanksAnkur
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