[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) › c24.43 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.43 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.43 - **Language:** English ### [c24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.43) Rational Rectangle, 109, 123 \*et seq.\*, 178 \*et seq.\*; Derivation, Āpastamba's formula, 136; by the Hindus, 136; Early History of, 138-39; Euclid's formula, 135-36; Hindu discovery, 124-27; Hindu knowledge of general rules, 127-39; Number of, known to the Hindus, 127; Plato's formula, 134-36; Pythagoras's discovery, 127; Pythagoras's formula, 133-36. (See also Rational Rectangle.) - [Previous: c24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.42) - [Next: c24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.44) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.43) · Pramāṇa