The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.53
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.53
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c15.53
In dealing with these questions, we shall first refer to two observations of Āpastamba which appear to imply an answer in the negative. After describing four methods of constructing the *Mahāvedi* in which use has been made of altogether eight rectangles of which the sides and the diagonal are expressible in rational integers, Āpastamba observes :¹