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Pingala number system is not similar to modern number system check in Wikipedia article on binary number system
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| c. 200 BC
| [[Indian mathematics|Indian mathematician]] [[Pingala]] described the [[binary number system]] which is now used in the design of essentially all modern computingusing equipmentprosody. He also conceived the notion of a [[binary code]] similar to the [[Morse code]].<ref>[http://binomial.csuhayward.edu/India.html The History of the Binomial Coefficients in India], [[California State University, East Bay]]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316213956/http://binomial.csuhayward.edu/India.html |date=March 16, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.actewagl.com.au/Education/communications/Telephone/TelephoneHistory/MorseCode.aspx Morse code]. [[ActewAGL]].</ref>
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| c. 125 BC