[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) › c12.48 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.48 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.48 - **Language:** English ### [c12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.48) ¹ We cut off lengths equal to \*M\* from the sides \*AD\* and \*BC\* of the given square but not from the sides \*AB\* and \*CD\*, because the rule clearly directs that the given length \*M\* should be made the \*pārśvamānī\* of the rectangle cut off. - [Previous: c12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.47) - [Next: c12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.49) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.48) · Pramāṇa