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# 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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### [c14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14.90)

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

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