Bakhshali manuscript facts for kids
The Bakhshali Manuscript is a mathematical manuscript written on birch bark. It was found in 1881 near the village of Bakhshali in what was then the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Pakistan). Most of the manuscript is missing, only seventy leaves of birch bark remain.
No-one knows how old it is and different scholars have come up with different dates. Most scholars agree that the manuscript is a copy of a more ancient text.
Images for kids
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The numerals used in the Bakhshali manuscript, dated to sometime between the 3rd and 7th century AD.
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Bakhshali manuscript, detail of the numeral "zero".
See also
In Spanish: Manuscrito de Bajshali para niños
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