[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) › c17.12 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.12 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.12 - **Language:** English ### [c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.12) Construct an isosceles trapezium, says Āpastamba, in the same way as the given isosceles trapezium (\*Mahāvedi\*) but “with 1/√3 of a prakrama being substituted for a prakrama therein; or with 8 and 10 times √3 as the transverse sides and 12 times √3 as the east-west line.”¹ This will be the required isosceles trapezium (\*Sautrāmaṇikī-vedi\*). - [Previous: c17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.11) - [Next: c17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.13) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.12) · Pramāṇa