The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.14
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.14
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Let ABCD be a rectangle whose length AB contains p units and whose breadth AD has q units. On dividing AB and AD and drawing parallel lines, it is found that the rectangle ABCD is divided into pq unit squares. Therefore its area is pq units of area.