[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) › c4.26 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c4.26 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c4.26 - **Language:** English ### [c4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4.26) Unit of area defined ... 95 Area of a square ... ... 95 Area of a rectangle ... ... 96 Triangles and parallelograms... ... 96 Trapeziums ... ... 96 Figures with a given area ... ... 98 Construction of a square having a given area ... 98 Construction of an isosceles trapezium having a given area ... ... 99 Volume of a prism or a cylinder ... 101 Approximate formula for the frustum of a pyramid ... 101 - [Previous: c4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4.25) - [Next: c4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4.27) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4.26) · Pramāṇa