Definition:Zero/Historical Note

Historical Note on Zero
The Babyloanians from the $2$nd century BCE used a number base system of arithmetic, with a placeholder to indicate that a particular place within a number was empty, but its use was inconsistent. However, they had no actual recognition of zero as a mathematical concept in its own right.

The concept of zero was invented by the mathematicians of India. The Bahkshali manuscript from the $3$rd century CE contains the first reference to it.

The Ancient Greeks had no conception of zero as a number.

It was not until the propagation of Arabic numbers, where its use as a placeholder made it important, that it became commonplace.