[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) › c13.14 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.14) 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. - [Previous: c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.13) - [Next: c13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.15) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.14) · Pramāṇa