The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.90
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.90
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Nearly the same figure as Fig. 67 is formed by the constructions described in the *Śulba*, for the combination of two different squares (Fig. 38). The general truth of the theorem was very likely perceived from that figure.³