[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) › c15.48 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.48 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.48 - **Language:** English ### [c15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.48) in the form of a square that the Hindus very likely discovered the rational rectangles. As has been suggested by Treutlein,¹ and followed by Allman² and Heath,³ it was substantially in the same way that Pythagoras discovered the rational right-angled triangles which are now generally associated with his name. - [Previous: c15.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.47) - [Next: c15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.49) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.48) · Pramāṇa