[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) › c12.33 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.33 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.33 - **Language:** English ### [c12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.33) Thibaut,³ followed by Bürk,⁴ thinks the method implied to be this: Let the side of a given square be 7 units long. It is to be transformed into a rectangle whose one side will be, say, 5 units long. Cut off from the given square a rectangle of 5 by 7 units. There will then remain in excess a rectangle of 7 by 2 units. From this cut off a rectangle of 5 by 2 units and add it properly to the other portion. Then remains a square of 2 by 2 units. Change this into a rectangle of 5 by 4/5 units and place it by the side of the previous rectangle so as to fit. Thus we have finally a rectangle of 5 by 49/5 (=7+2+4/5) units. - [Previous: c12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.32) - [Next: c12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.34) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.33) · Pramāṇa