Tichifunga nezvenyaya iyi inotaura nezvekwakabva zero, yakatanga kuwanika muIndia muzana remakore ripi?
Context:Pingala (c. 3rd/2nd century BC), nyanzvi yechiSanskrit, akashandisa nhamba dzebhinari muchimiro chemavara mapfupi uye marefu (aya ekupedzisira akaenzana pakureba nemavara mapfupi maviri), chinyorwa chakafanana nekodhi yaMorse. Pingala akashandisa shoko rechiSanskrit rokuti śūnya zvakananga kureva zero.  Pfungwa yezero sechidimbu chakanyorwa muchiratidzo chenzvimbo yechinzvimbo chenzvimbo yakagadzirwa muIndia. Chiratidzo chezero, chidimbu chikuru chinogona kuva chakatangira chiratidzo chisina chinhu chichiripo, chinoshandiswa muBakhshali, bhuku rinobatsira rokushandisa masvomhu revatengesi. Muna 2017, zviratidzo zvitatu kubva mubhuku racho zvakaratidzwa ne radiocarbon dating kuti zvinobva mumazana matatu emakore akasiyana: kubva muna AD 224<unk>383, AD 680<unk>779, uye AD 885<unk>993, zvichiita kuti ive yekare yakanyorwa kushandiswa kwechiratidzo che zero muSouth Asia. Hazvizivikanwi kuti zvikamu zvechikanda chebirch zvemazana emakore akasiyana-siyana zvinoumba manyoro acho zvakabatanidzwa sei pamwe chete.
Muzana ramakore rechitatu nerechipiri BC, naPingala, kokutanga muIndia, se "Sunya" muchiSanskrit.