[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) › c18.77 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.77 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.77 - **Language:** English ### [c18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.77) Let \*ABCD\* be the given square. Suppose its side is to be increased by the amount \*BE\*, say. Add to the sides \*BC\* and \*DC\* two rectangles \*CE\* and \*CG\* each of which is equal to AB.BE. Also add at the corner \*C\*, the square \*CF\* equal to the square on the increment \*BE\* of the side \*AB\*. Then \*AEFG\* is the square on the enlarged side \*AE\*. - [Previous: c18.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.76) - [Next: c18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.78) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.77) · Pramāṇa