Dear Ankur da, thanks a lot for bringing our attention to this discovery which could showcase the intelligence of Kamrupi civilization to rest of the world.However it would be a lenghty process as rightly pointed by Saleh Sir that the discovery of each first zero brings the possibility of a previous inscription to discover.Please keep us updated on the developments in this regard. I hope the archeological society and tourism department will provide needful intervention towards showcasing the discovered treasure in Golaghat as a place of historical and archeological importance. I am also interested to know how the dating of a discovered item is carried out to pinpoint the age of any old item discovered anywhere at any point of time.to be frank here, a first look at the inscription brought me the curiosity whether it is just a inscription of any picnic guy who had visited the place on 23rd December in 19 or 18 or even earlier 78th year and tried to mark his date of visit.the process of ascertaining the age of an newly discovered item is not known to all which should actually be made known to a larger crowd to ensure that it becomes popular and more people are made aware of it. I shall be following the updates on this regard. with thanks, Mofid, Hyderabad.
On Feb 3, 2017 06:38, "Ankur Bora [email protected] [NorthEastIndia]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all > I recently posted about ZerOrigIndia Foundation , a team of experts who > are taking up the challenge of answering the question as to when and > where the zero digit first appeared. Members of this initiative , including > our esteemed Wahid Saleh , recently came across the discovery of a stone > slab with epigraphical inscriptions . The stone inscription with > numerical figures may possibly be the earliest examples of a ZERO > inscription in the world. The Assam ZERO, if reconfirmed by independent > sources, would be one of the most important historical discoveries of the > world. Please find my following article, which also is published in > Horizon , Assam Tribune today. > Searching for the First Zero > <http://ankurbora.blogspot.com/2017/02/searching-for-first-zero.html> > > Searching for the First Zero > > ... > <http://ankurbora.blogspot.com/2017/02/searching-for-first-zero.html> > Thanks > Ankur > Mrs. Neelam D Sabharwal , former Ambassador of India to the Netherlands > and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO in Paris has communicated > as follows – “*I am so happy to see the great progress in your research > on the Assam connection. It is also heartening to see Wahid Saleh in his > usual form , determined to leave no stone unturned when he has to get to > the bottom of the matter*.” > >
