[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) › c11.50 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.50 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.50 - **Language:** English ### [c11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.50) "To combine two different squares, cut off from the larger a (rectangular) portion with a side of the smaller one. The diagonal of this segment will be a side of the sum."\∗1 - [Previous: c11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.49) - [Next: c11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.51) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.50) · Pramāṇa