Bakhshali

Bakhshali

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Bakhshali is a village and Union Council of Mardan District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=53&dn=Mardan Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mardan – Government of Pakistan] ] It is located at 34°17'0N 72°9'0E and has an altitude of 307 metres (1010 feet). [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Bakhshali.html Location of Bakhshali – Falling Rain Genomics] ]

History

The village is notable for being the location of what is now known as the Bakhshali manuscript; this is an ancient mathematical work written on birch bark and is the oldest surviving document in South Asia of Indian mathematics. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qSfneQ0YYY8C&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=Bakhshali+oldest&source=web&ots=RruZ8MKJpe&sig=fQHBw30RsURjS-dzxB0ja1shNd4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism] ] It was discovered in 1881 during British rule by a tenant of Mian An-Wan-Udin, a police inspector; the manuscript was discovered while the tenant was digging in an abandoned building. [ [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Bakhshali_manuscript.html The Bakhshali manuscript] ] The village also lends its name to the Bakhshali approximation which is a method of finding an approximation to a square root that was described in the manuscript.

Bakhshali today

In March 2007 there were attacks made on music shops in Bakhshali. Two people were injured and one was killed in attacks by an unidentified extreme group who attacked the bazaar shooting and killing the watchman of the Seven Stars music centre. [http://www.freemuse.org/sw18146.asp Extremists kill one, injure two in attacks on music shops] , Marvaiz Khan, 18 March 2007, Freemuse, accessed 31 August 2008 ]

In August 2007 residents of Bakhshali observed a strike against loadshedding of the electric power supply and blocked the main Mardan–Bakshali road. The protesters claimed that the power cuts were impacting business and their children's studies. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/25/local34.htm MARDAN: Demo held against loadshedding] ] The village has also been affected by violence between the Taliban and the government; on 24th January 2008 the militants attacked the vehicle of former Health minister Syed Kamal Shah injuring his guard. [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008


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