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Innovations from ancient India

Arabic numerals
The concept of zero
Who first introduced these innovations to Europe

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Answer:

The concept of zero

Step-by-step explanation:

  • In ancient India, during the 3rd/2nd CE, a sanskrit scholar used binary numbers in the form of long and short syllables. The word sunya then came to be referred to as zero.
  • The concept of zero was written digitally in the decimal pace this notation developed in India during the early Gupta period. Has the oldest evidence dating to the seventh century.
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