[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) › c21.s2.26 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.26 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c21.s2.26 - **Language:** English ### [c21.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.26) Reference to this progressive mode of successive construction of the Fire-altar is found as early as the \*Taittirīya Saṃhitā\* (c. 3000 B.C.).³ It reappears in the \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\* and Āpastamba expressly admits to have borrowed it from that work.⁴ We find there another noteworthy instance which shows that it was very likely known then how to sum up a series in A. P. - [Previous: c21.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.25) - [Next: c21.s2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.27) - [Up: c21.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21.s2.26) · Pramāṇa