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2025-02-13 18:24:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2C651AB584C9DE7AA94A5B1684FD0537798A85507958518AB718200B50F76C40
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The oldest known use of 0 dates back to the Bakhshali manuscript. It contains hundreds of zeroes. Carbon dating revealed that it dates from as early as the 3rd or 4th century – approximately five centuries older than scholars previously believed. https://www.jainology.org/origin-of-the-symbol-zero-finally-established-2/
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