[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) › c15.89 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.89 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.89 - **Language:** English ### [c15.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.89) We have already pointed out how the ancient Hindus presumably discovered the rational rectangles which are found in the \*Śulba\* by noting when the square bricks comprising the gnomon added to a square might themselves be arranged again in the form of a square. Observing that the gnomon of one square brick depth put round a square formed with n² such bricks, consists of 2n+1 bricks, they would have only to make a square with 2n+1 bricks.¹ - [Previous: c15.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.88) - [Next: c15.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.90) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.89) · Pramāṇa