[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) › c18.2 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.2 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.2 - **Language:** English ### [c18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.2) The geometrical constructions described in the preceding chapter are of considerable algebraic significance. They indeed form the seed of the Hindu \*geometrical algebra\* whose developed form and influence we notice as late as in the \*Bījagaṇita\* of Bhāskara II (born 1114 A.D.). The first plan of enlargement of a figure in which all the constituent parts are affected in equal proportions, leads to the quadratic equation of the type $ax² = c.$ The second plan leads to the complete quadratic equation $ax² + bx = c.$ - [Previous: c17.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17.94) - [Next: c18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.3) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bījagaṇita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.ganita.patibija.bijaganita) — Bhāskara II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.2) · Pramāṇa