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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.65

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.65

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### [c18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.65)

¹ We obtain nearly the same result from the equation (2). For putting m = 14 (= 21½ - 7½) in it, we get\ x² = 3 - 2/29 = 3, nearly.

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