[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) › c18.84 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.84 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c18.84 - **Language:** English ### [c18.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.84) The geometrical method of the transformation of a square (c²) into a rectangle having a given side (a), which has been described before, is obviously equivalent to the solution of the linear algebraic equation, $ax = c².$ - [Previous: c18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.83) - [Next: c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.2) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18.84) · Pramāṇa