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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.4

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.4

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### [c20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.4)

It is also stated in general that if the side of a square be a, then the side of the square equal to the third part of it will be ⅓(a√3) or √3(a/3).² That is, $a/(√3) = (a√3)/3.$

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