[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.s3.13 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.13 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c13.s3.13 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.13) It has been prescribed that the nth construction of the Fire-altar shall have a height of n jānus and comprise of 5n layers of bricks. Increasing the height by its one-fifth, we get 6n/5 jānus. Two-thirds of them gives 4n/5 jānus. Up to this height, the altar is constructed in (5n-1) - [Previous: c13.s3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.12) - [Next: c13.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.14) - [Up: c13.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13.s3.13) · Pramāṇa