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India invented zero and the Arabs gave it to the world. Without zero mathematics wouldn’t have progressed much. Imagine writing 999 in Roman numerals. CMXCIX. And thousand is just M. How far can you go with that sort of a numeral system? Zero changed it all. Zero brought about a revolution in mathematics. It changed the course of human thought more profoundly than most grand ideas. Yet, with all the humility that is characteristic of India’s mysticism (unlike its mythology), we...
