Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2.22

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¹ Kauṭilya mentions a measure of *rajju* which was nearly 60ft. (vide *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya, Ed. by R. Shyama Sastri, 2nd ed. Mysore 1919, p. 107). In the script of Aśoka, the words *rajjuka* and *lajjuka* have been used. The words *rajjuka* and *lajjuka* are identical because in Sanskrit grammar, the letter ‘r’ can be used in place of ‘l’. In the *Sthānāṅgasūtra*; a Jaina work, one of the ten sections of the members of mathematics is *rajju* (Sūtra, 338 and 747).