[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) › c19.s1.3 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.3 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c19.s1.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.3) If the sides of the right-angled triangle are to be integral as well as rational, m must be odd. According to Proclus (c. 450 A.D.), this solution was known to Pythagoras (\*c.\* 540 B.C.). - [Previous: c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.2) - [Next: c19.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.4) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19.s1.3) · Pramāṇa