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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.11

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.11

- **Language:** English

### [c11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.11)

"\> (If a rectangle be drawn with) one pada (a unit of linear measure) as the breadth and three padas as the length, its diagonal will be tenfold-producer. (If a rectangle be drawn with) two padas as the breadth and six padas as the length, its diagonal will be fortyfold-producer."²

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