[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) › c10.46 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.46 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.46 - **Language:** English ### [c10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.46) The Method I is described in full by Āpastamba.¹ It is noted and partly described by Baudhāyana.² This seems to be the oldest Hindu method for the construction of a square on a given straight line. For, the practice of the measurement of the Fire-altar with the bamboo-rod is mentioned as early as the \*Taittirīya Saṃhitā\* (c. 3000 B.C.)³ and indeed reappears in almost all the early \*Saṁhitās\* and \*Brāhmaṇas\*.¹ It is found to have been gradually replaced by the measurement with a cord which was introduced about the time of the \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\* (c. 2000 B.C.).² - [Previous: c10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.45) - [Next: c10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.47) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.46) · Pramāṇa