[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) › c12.23 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.23 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.23 - **Language:** English ### [c12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.23) The same method is also taught by Kātyāyana.² This method is much circumscribed inasmuch as it transforms the given square into a rectangle in which the length is double the breadth and is itself equal to the diagonal of the given square. - [Previous: c12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.22) - [Next: c12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.24) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.23) · Pramāṇa