The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.s1.3
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c14.s1.3
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c14.s1.3
¹ From the preference which is found to have been given in the *Sulba* to the method of construction of rectangles and trapeziums with the help of the rational rectangle (15, 36, 39) connected with the dimensions of the *Mahāvedi*, which will be noticed in the next chapter, we are convinced that the same method was used to be followed as early as the time of the *Taittirīya* and other *Saṁhitā* (c. 3000 B.C.). But here for arguments' sake we shall waive that conviction too.