The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.72
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.72
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c14.72
How the ancient Hindus proceeded next to find a general proof is well hinted by the following two propositions of Kātyāyana preceding that of the general theorem of the square of the diagonal of a rectangle :