[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) › c12.17 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.17 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.17 - **Language:** English ### [c12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.17) This is certainly no improvement on the other method. It will, in fact, require more operations to complete the desired transformation. The first method is very general and is equally available for all cases of transformation of a rectangle into a square. - [Previous: c12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.16) - [Next: c12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.18) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.17) · Pramāṇa