The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.20
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.20
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c10.20
Take a cord of suitable length. Make a tie at both ends and a mark at a proper point in it. Having fastened the ties at the poles (*A*, *B*), stretch the cord sidewise by the mark and fix a pole (*C*) at the point reached by it. Then *AC* is the required straight line.