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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.99

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c15.99

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### [c15.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15.99)

There are also found other rational rectangles, \*viz.\*, (8, 15, 17) and (12, 35, 37), which could not be obtained from the formula (A). The characteristic of them is that the difference between the greater side and the diagonal is 2. They could be obtained from the formula

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