[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) › c15.44 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.44 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.44 - **Language:** English ### [c15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.44) This explanation is, however, immaterial for the purpose of our immediate object. It is quite sufficient that we have found that a new and larger square was used to be formed from another of smaller size by adding to it a portion in the form of a gnomon. More particularly it is found that a square comprising of 289 square bricks, 17 on each side, was formed from another of 225 bricks, 15 on each side, by the addition of a gnomon consisting of 64 square bricks. Thus is obtained the rational rectangle 15² + 8² = 17². - [Previous: c15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.43) - [Next: c15.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.45) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.44) · Pramāṇa