[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) › c11.3 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.3 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.3 - **Language:** English ### [c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.3) The solution of this proposition practically depends upon the construction of squares and rectangles having given sides. By the so-called Pythagorean Theorem, the square described on the diagonal of the given square will have an area twice as much. To draw a square thrice as much as the given square, the rule is: - [Previous: c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.2) - [Next: c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.4) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.3) · Pramāṇa