The cute looking Round also called "Bindi" discovered in ancient times of India is ruling the entire mathematical world. This Bindi is nothing but a "Supreme, merciless, Destroyer of the opposition and whose lordly attack forces any number to surrender to its supremacy". The Zero always acquired the kingly position in the number system. Its versatility in the number line as a rational, real, whole, natural and complex number makes it a Hero of the Mathematics.
The history of Zero is well known to everyone! I don't like to bore you people with details. But there is one interesting fact I wish to share. An important contribution to technology is practically possible due to the introduction of Digital Electronics to this crazy world. The gadgets are getting smaller and smarter attracting every sect of people all over the world. But one important innovation which is dragging Electronics to these intelligent levels is "Binary System" . To our surprise, the binary system was used way back in India prior to 2nd Century by a person named "Pinagla". And interestingly he used our Z'h'ero and '1' to build up the matrix to create a unique value to each meter.
0 0 0 0 numerical value 1
1 0 0 0 numerical value 2
0 1 0 0 numerical value 3
1 1 0 0 numerical value 4
0 0 1 0 numerical value 5
1 0 1 0 numerical value 6
0 1 1 0 numerical value 7
1 1 1 0 numerical value 8
0 0 0 1 numerical value 9
1 0 0 1 numerical value 10
0 1 0 1 numerical value 11
1 1 0 1 numerical value 12
0 0 1 1 numerical value 13
1 0 1 1 numerical value 14
0 1 1 1 numerical value 15
1 1 1 1 numerical value 16
In his system
1. The binary numbers starts with number one (and not zero). The numerical value is obtained by adding one to the sum of place values.
2. The place value increases to the right, unlike the modern notation in which it increases towards the left.
Reference : (Chhandahshastra 8.23)
Indian history has treasured many innovations making a very decent path to "Development of Recent Technologies".
