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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.100

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.100

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### [c10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.100)

"Make a class of bricks, one-fifth of a puruṣa long and one-ninth of a puruṣa broad, (the two sides being) inclined (\*nata\*) suitably so as to fit (\*yathā-yagam\*)."²

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