[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932) › c10.117 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.117 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.117 - **Language:** English ### [c10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.117) "Draw a rectangle one-fifth of a puruṣa long from east to west, and one-tenth of a puruṣa broad; to the south as well as to the north of it draw another (rectangle of the same size). Draw the diagonals of them passing through their south-western corners." - [Previous: c10.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.116) - [Next: c10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.118) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.117) · Pramāṇa