[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.s2.3 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.3 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.3) "The question arises: how did Baudhāyana or Āpastamba or whoever may have the merit of the first investigation, find this value? Certainly they were not able to extract the square root of 2 to six places of decimals; if they have been able to do so, they would have arrived at still greater degree of accuracy. I suppose that they arrived at their result by the following method which account for the exact degree of accuracy they reached. - [Previous: c20.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.2) - [Next: c20.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.4) - [Up: c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.3) · Pramāṇa