The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.4
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.4
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c10.4
"Increase a cord of length equal to the distance between them (poles) by itself and make two ties at the ends. Then having fastened the two ties at the two poles, stretch the cord by its middle point towards the south and fix a pole at the place reached by the point. Proceed similarly on the north. It (the line joining these two poles) is the north-to-south line."¹