[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.s2.8 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.8 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s2.8 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.8) "The thirty-fourth part of thirty-four small squares being cut off, one whole small square would be cut off and the area of the large square reduced exactly to 288 small squares; if it were not for one unavoidable circumstance. - [Previous: c20.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.7) - [Next: c20.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.9) - [Up: c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.8) · Pramāṇa