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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.12

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.12

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### [c10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.12)

It should be observed that there is no particular rule for this construction in any \*Śulba-sūtra\* except perhaps the \*Kātyāyana Śulba Pariśiṣṭa\*. But it appears from the descriptions of other constructions that more than one device were used to be adopted for that purpose. The earliest of these methods is as follows :

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