[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) › c11.42 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.42 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.42 - **Language:** English ### [c11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.42) The whole process will, of course, be much simplified if n be a square number, equal to p², say. For in that case we shall have simply to divide a side of the given square into p equal parts. The square having one of these parts as a side will be equal to nth part of the given square. Kātyāyana furnishes us with some instances of this kind: - [Previous: c11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.41) - [Next: c11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.43) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.42) · Pramāṇa