Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2.1

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c6.s2.1

Several instruments like *śaṅku*, bamboo rod, rope etc. and units like *aṅgula*, *pada*, *aratni*, *vyāyāma* etc. and bricks of definite shape were used by the *śulbakāras* for the construction of sacrificial altars. That these helped really in the construction of geometrical figures is explained here.

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