Bakhshali manuscript

The Bakhshali Manuscript is a mathematical manuscript written on birch bark. It was found in 1881 near the village of Bakhshali in what was then the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Pakistan). 

Most of the manuscript is missing, only 70 leaves of birch bark remain.The Bakhshali manuscript Nobody knows how old it is and different scholars have come up with different dates. Most scholars agree that the manuscript is a copy of a more ancient text.

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The Bakhshali manuscript
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