Carbon Dating Reveals Earliest Origins Of Zero Symbol

255 views · Published 16 September 2017 · 2:02 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: Creative-Tube · 2017 · Science & Technology

Watch on YouTube

Previous studies have suggested that Bakhshali manuscript dates from between the 8th and 12th century, based on the style of writing.
But researchers from the University of Oxford conducted the first ever radiocarbon dating on the Bakhshali manuscript and revealed that it dates from as early as the 3rd century - five centuries older than previously believed. 
The new carbon dating reveals that the manuscript, which consists of 70 fragile leaves of birch bark, is composed of material from at least three different periods.

read more:
https://goo.gl/JkrHXX

source:
bbc

More from this channel