[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) › c16.32 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.32 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c16.32 - **Language:** English ### [c16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.32) "\> If you wish to square a circle, divide its diameter into eight parts; then divide one part into twenty-nine parts and leave out twenty-eight of these; and also the sixth part (of the preceding sub-division) less the eighth part (of the last).''⁴ - [Previous: c16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.31) - [Next: c16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.33) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16.32) · Pramāṇa