[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) › c24.45 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.45 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c24.45 - **Language:** English ### [c24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.45) Rectangle, construction, given sides, 22, 62-63; Equal to a square, 23; Diagonical bisection, 43; Measurement of, 95, 96 \*et seq.\*; Square on the diagonal equal to sum of the squares on the sides, 24; Transformation into isosceles trapezium, 90-92; rhombus, 93-94; square, 83-85, 206; triangle, 92. (See also Construction, Postulates, Rational Rectangle, Rhombus and Square.) - [Previous: c24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.44) - [Next: c24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.46) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24.45) · Pramāṇa