[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) › c12.54 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.54 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c12.54 - **Language:** English ### [c12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.54) Baudhāyana gives the following rule for the transformation of a square or a rectangle into an isosceles trapezium, or for what they call "shortening of a square or a rectangle on one side." - [Previous: c12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.53) - [Next: c12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.55) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12.54) · Pramāṇa