[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.s3.1 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s3.1 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c20.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.1) By the process indicated above we can easily get an approximate value of √3. In this case two of the unit squares are divided into six equal strips I, II,...VI. The last two strips are subdivided into six smaller squares of sides 1/3 each. Then arranging the slices III, IV, V₁, V₂, VI₁, and VI₂, about the first square in the positions III', IV', V'₁, V'₂, VI'₁, VI'₂, a new square can be formed. Now divide each of the portions left over, \*viz.\*, V₃ and VI₃, into - [Previous: c20.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s2.17) - [Next: c20.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.2) - [Up: c20.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20.s3.1) · Pramāṇa