Arya Bhatta Journal of Mathematics and Informatics
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Inbuilt mathematics in scratches on ishango bone by upper paleolithic people of africa

  • Author:
  • Swapan Kumar Adhikari1, Chitralekha Mehera2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 255 to 260

1Retired Head of an Educational Institution, 35/1, Krishnataran Naskar Lane, Ghusuri, ici (W.B.) India, E-mail: swapankumar.adhikari@gmail.com

2Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India, chitramehera@gmail.com

Online published on 6 October, 2018.

Abstract

It was as early as 35000 BCE when people used bones and stones for writing. Then women were the torch bearers. They scratched on any surface available to them and noted the events relating to their daily life through lines or dots. Now archaeologists are trying to decipher the pristine symbols. In this paper we have collected few items of that age from different sources and tried to decode mathematically the meaning of primitive dots and lines engraved on baboon bones which is much earlier than the hieroglyphic days of the known civilizations.