[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) › c20.s2.14 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.14 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.14 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.14) I, II and III. Sub-divide the last strip into three small squares III₁, III₂, III₃ of sides ⅓ each. Then on placing II and III₁ about the first square S in the positions II' and III'₁, a new square will be formed. Now divide each of the portions III₂ and III₃ into four equal strips. Placing four and four of them about the square just formed, on its east and south sides, say, and introducing a small square at the south-east corner, a larger square will be formed, each side of which will be obviously equal to $1 + ⅓ + 1/3.4 .$ - [Previous: c20.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.13) - [Next: c20.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.15) - [Up: c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.14) · Pramāṇa