The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c3.4

c3.4

" 'How great is the science which revealed itself in the *Sulba*, and how meagre is my intellect! I have aspired to cross the unconquerable ocean in a mere raft.' " Moreover, the work had had to be done hurriedly within a short time at his disposal just on the eve of his retirement from active life in the University, in 1930, amidst other preparatory arrangements consequent thereto. So it could not be made as comprehensive and thorough as it should have been. It is nevertheless the author's confident hope that this imperfect sketch will create a lively interest in the early Hindu geometry amongst the historians of mathematical sciences.