ZERO
Before the invention of zero by Aryabhata, numerical systems primarily relied on positional notation, where the position of a digit determines its value. However, the absence of zero posed some challenges in representing numbers.
In ancient numeral systems, such as the Roman and Egyptian systems, there was no dedicated symbol for zero. Instead, these systems relied on omission to represent zero. For example, in the Roman numeral system, which was widely used in the Western world, the number 10 was represented by the symbol 'X,' while the number 100 was represented by the symbol 'C.' To represent numbers that were smaller than these, additional symbols were used, such as 'I' for 1 and 'V' for 5 and 'X' for 10 etc....
Aryabhata, an Indian mathematician and astronomer,invented the concept of zero as a numeral in the 5th century. He used a dot underneath numbers to represent zero. This revolutionary idea of zero as a placeholder allowed for a more efficient numerical system and facilitated complex calculations.
i hope my post will have cleared all your doubts related to the invention of zero and unkown mysteries and the questions that arises in one's mind when he thought beyond imagination like us ..
because the question that arise in our mind when we came to know that zero was invented by aryabhatt then the first question that should come to our mind is that how they use to write the numbers then before the invention of the ZERO or SUNYA ..
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