[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) › c15.111 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.111 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.111 - **Language:** English ### [c15.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.111) Proclus (450 A.D.) has attributed the formula (A) to Pythagoras (\*c.\* 540 B.C.), and the formula (B) to Plato (\*c.\* 375 B.C.). The formula (C) or (C') follows from Euclid's \*Elements\*, II. 6. - [Previous: c15.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.110) - [Next: c15.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.112) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.111) · Pramāṇa