The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.7
The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.7
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c18.7
If m = 972(n - 1), so that the area of the enlarged trapezium is n times its original area, we get $x = √n$ as given in the *Śulba*. The particular cases, when n = 14 or 14 3/7, are found as early as the *Satapatha Brāhmaṇa* (*c.* 2000 B.C.).¹