"Bubnov holds that the forms first found in Europe are derived from ancient symbols used on the abacus, but that the zero is of Hindu origin. This theory does not seem tenable..."

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Footnote: Nicolaus Bubnov, The Origin and History of Our Numerals (in Russian), Kiev, 1908, & The Independence of European Arithmetic (in Russian), Kiev.