[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) › c14.46 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.46 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.46 - **Language:** English ### [c14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.46) This hypothesis about the discovery of the proof of the theorem of the square of the diagonal of a square is endorsed also by Heath.¹ It is certainly more likely than the one suggested by Cantor ² and Allman ³ about Pythagoras' proof of the theorem. (Fig. 62.) - [Previous: c14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.45) - [Next: c14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.47) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.46) · Pramāṇa