[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) › c15.93 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.93 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.93 - **Language:** English ### [c15.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.93) This formula follows, indeed, more directly from a special rule of Kātyāyana for finding the sum of a number of equal squares. If n be the number of equal squares of sides equal to \*a\* each to be combined into one, then, the rule says, - [Previous: c15.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.92) - [Next: c15.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.94) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.93) · Pramāṇa