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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c4.12

The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c4.12

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### [c4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4.12)

| Postulates of the \*Śulba\* defined | ... | ... | 41 |  
| Division of finite straight lines | ... | ... | 41 |  
| Division of circles ... | ... | ... | 42 |  
| Division of rectangles | ... | ... | 43 |  
| Simple cases of congruence theorems | ... | ... | 44 |  
| Principle of juxtaposition of two right triangles | ... | ... | 45 |  
| Division of triangles | ... | ... | 46 |  
| Maximum square within a circle | ... | ... | 49 |  
| Demonstration in Hindu geometry | ... | ... | 50 |

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