[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) › c18.7 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.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 - [Previous: c18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.6) - [Next: c18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.8) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.7) · Pramāṇa