Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c6.s2.70

c6.s2.70

From the consideration of the above description for the preparation of various bricks for the construction of altars, it can be concluded that the ancient Indians had the knowledge of different forms of geometrical figures viz., square, rectangle, isosceles triangle, isosceles right angled triangle, scalene triangle, trapezium, pentagon etc On the basis of these ideas, it is easy to see how the further development of geometrical knowledge was made in the *Śulbasūtras*.