The zero sign on inscriptions and manuscript based on the historical supply chain management: a case study of Indonesia archipelago before Majapahit era

This paper observes the existence of 0 digits that is used in Nusantara, in specific, by gaining some sources in the inscriptions, temples, gravestones, and coins shapes. This article is written as the result of an observation by using literary observation method; in the inscription shape whose aim research to give the evidence that the number 0 has been used in Nusantara. As a result, the 0 digits have been first discovered in Sumatera; it was on Kedukan Bukit inscription numbered 604 Saka (682 C.E.) The existence of the zero number has also been discovered in the original Nusantara numbers.