[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) › c15.52 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.52 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.52 - **Language:** English ### [c15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.52) The number of rational rectangles employed in the \*Śulba\* for the purpose of the construction of altars is found to be few. It will be fewer still—five only—if we consider the independent ones, leaving out the multiples or sub-multiples of them. So it will be naturally asked were the early Hindus aware of other rational rectangles? Had they any general rule for finding any number of rational rectangles? - [Previous: c15.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.51) - [Next: c15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.53) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.52) · Pramāṇa