[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) › c12.51 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.51 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.51 - **Language:** English ### [c12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.51) On one occasion Baudhāyana makes a rectangle equivalent to three given squares, one side of the rectangle being half of a side of a square.² This case is a very simple one indeed, but it shows that he knew other methods of transforming a square into a rectangle than that indicated in his imperfect rule. - [Previous: c12.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.50) - [Next: c12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.52) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.51) · Pramāṇa