Bijection between subgroups of $\text{Mat}_2(\mathbb{Z})$ and $\mathbb{Z^2}$?

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The following is from the book Modular Forms by W Stein:

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I don't understand the whole sentence from "Note that the set ..." : For example,

1- How is the proving bijection?

2- What does $L=\mathbb{Z}.(a,b) + \mathbb{Z}.(0,d) $ means, i.e. how $.$ is defined? and What does $+$ mean (is it $\oplus$)?

3- How $L$ it is a subgroup of $\mathbb{Z^2}$ of index $n$?