Uma sicabangela lesi sigaba esiphathelene nemvelaphi ka-zero, yaqala ukuvela eNdiya ngasiphi ikhulu?
Context:UPingala (c. Ikhulu lesi-3/2 BC), isazi se-Sanskrit prosody, wasebenzisa izinombolo kanambambili ngendlela yama-syllable amafushane namafushane (okugcina okulingana nobude bama-syllable amabili amafushane), inothi elifana nekhodi kaMorse. UPingala wasebenzisa igama lesiSanskrit elithi śūnya ngokuqondile ukuze abhekisele ku-zero.  Umqondo ka-zero njengenombolo ebhaliwe ekubhalweni kwenani lendawo yeshumi wasungulwa eNdiya. Uphawu lwe - zero, ichashaza elikhulu okungenzeka ukuthi laliyisandulela sesibonakaliso esingenalutho esisasetshenziswa namuhla, lusetshenziswa kuyo yonke imibhalo yesandla yaseBakhshali, incwadi yokusebenza yezibalo yabathengisi. Ngo-2017, kwaboniswa amasampula amathathu avela embhalweni wesandla nge-radiocarbon dating ukuthi avela emakhulwini amathathu eminyaka ahlukene: kusuka ku-AD 224<unk>383, AD 680<unk>779, no-AD 885<unk>993, okwenza kube ukusetshenziswa okudala okuqoshiwe kwe-South Asia kwesibonakaliso se-zero. Akwaziwa ukuthi lezi zingcezu zamagxolo e-birch ezasetshenziswa emakhulwini eminyaka ahlukahlukene ukuze kwakhiwe lo mbhalo wesandla zahlanganiswa kanjani.
Ngekhulu lesi-3/2 BC, ngePingala, okokuqala ngqa eNdiya, njenge "Sunya" ngesiSanskrit.