[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) › c10.72 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.72 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.72 - **Language:** English ### [c10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.72) This method is alike in principle to that employed by Āpastamba and Manu for the construction of a square on a given straight line (\*Method III\*). Still Baudhāyana would restrict its application to the construction of a rectangle having given sides and of an isosceles trapezium having given face, base and altitude. - [Previous: c10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.71) - [Next: c10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.73) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānavaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.manava) — Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.72) · Pramāṇa