Bakhshali Manuscript

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient mathematical manuscript
gptkbp:contains gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:rulebook
solutions
explanations
gptkbp:dateEstimated between 3rd and 10th century CE
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1881
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:Bodleian_Library
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bakhshali Manuscript
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Prakrit
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:locatedNear gptkb:Bakhshali_village
gptkbp:notableFor earliest use of zero symbol
gptkbp:script gptkb:Sharada_script
gptkbp:significance ancient Indian mathematics
development of zero
history of mathematics in India
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:G._R._Kaye
gptkb:R._C._Gupta
gptkb:Takao_Hayashi
gptkbp:subject gptkb:algebra
gptkb:geometry
mathematical puzzles
arithmetic
mensuration
linear equations
quadratic equations
progressions
fractions
square roots
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Sanskrit
birch bark
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:India_(historically)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5