[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) › c10.20 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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. - [Previous: c10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.19) - [Next: c10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.21) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.20) · Pramāṇa