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Chaturbhuj Temple, Gwalior

876 · 9th century

The Chaturbhuj Temple is a small rock-cut Vishnu temple in Gwalior Fort, dedicated in 876 CE under the Pratihara king Mihira Bhoja by Alla, the commander of the fort. Its inscriptions record land grants and gardens, and the zero written in one of them, in the number 270, is one of the oldest dated written zeros in India.

Chaturbhuj Temple, Gwalior
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