[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) › c11.8 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.8 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c11.8 - **Language:** English ### [c11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.8) " Twice the measure (of a side of a given square) is (its) fourfold-producer; thrice the measure is the ninefold-producer; four times the measure is the sixteenfold-producer. As many units of a measure as are in a cord, so many rows (or series) of squares (of that measure) there will be in a square on that cord as a side. Combine them."¹ - [Previous: c11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.7) - [Next: c11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.9) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11.8) · Pramāṇa