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In mathematics and digital electronics,  Binary number is expressed in base 2 numerical system using two numbers zero and one.

The base-2 numeral system is a positional notation with a radix of 2. Each digit is referred to as a bit. Because of its straight forward implementation in digital electronic circuitry using logic gates, the binary system is used by almost all modern computers and computer-based devices.

The modern binary number system was studied in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries by Thomas Harriot, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, and Gottfried Leibniz. However, systems related to binary numbers have appeared earlier in multiple cultures including ancient Egypt, China, and India.

Leibniz was by no means the first person to discover the binary code. His invention was merely a re-invention based on ancient knowledge.There is evidence that people in ancient India and Polynesia were familiar with the binary code thousands of years ago.Having those discoveries in mind, scientists now questions the origin of the binary system and the date of its invention .

Then it was found that Indian scholar Pingala (c. 2nd century BC) developed a binary system for describing prosody.He used binary numbers in the form of short and long syllables (the latter equal in length to two short syllables), making it similar to Morse code.They were known as laghu (light) and guru (heavy) syllables.

Music text about India:

Ancient Music Text Reveals Knowledge Of India.There is a very interesting ancient music text written by Pingala, and important ancient scholar and author of Chhandahshastra (meaning science of meters).This ancient musical composition reveals knowledge of the binary system. The text dates to 2nd century A.D., and is with other words more than 1500 years older than Leibnitz binary system.

-Vishali kannan