[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) › c14.79 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.79 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.79 - **Language:** English ### [c14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.79) I think this rule has been placed here erroneously by a copyist. So there is a gradual development of the proposition of the theorem of the square of the diagonal from the particular cases to the most general one. - [Previous: c14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.78) - [Next: c14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.80) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.79) · Pramāṇa