[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) › c10.92 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.92 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c10.92 - **Language:** English ### [c10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.92) "The diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 8 and 15, is 17; with these cords, the two western corners of the \*vedi\* (are measured). The diagonal of a rectangle of sides 12 and 35 is 37; with these cords, (are measured) the eastern corners."² (Fig. 31.) - [Previous: c10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.91) - [Next: c10.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.93) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10.92) · Pramāṇa