[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) › c18.72 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.72 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.72 - **Language:** English ### [c18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.72) The solution of the quadratic equation in its simpler forms is required in connexion with the enlargement of altars followed in a different school. According to that school, we are informed,⁴ the altars with areas 1½, 2½,... 6½ square pusuṣas should be of the square form. So it will then be necessary to construct a square differing from another by a specified quantity. Now we find in the \*Sulba\*, the following general rule for the enlargement of a square: - [Previous: c18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.71) - [Next: c18.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.73) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.72) · Pramāṇa