[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) › c17.18 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.18 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c17.18 - **Language:** English ### [c17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.18) Thus it is equal to one-third of the area of the given isosceles trapezium, which comprises 972 square puruṣas. The same construction is suggested also by Kātyāyana.² (ii) \*To construct an isosceles trapezium similar to a given isosceles trapezium but with double its area.\* - [Previous: c17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.17) - [Next: c17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.19) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.18) · Pramāṇa