[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) › c6.6 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c6.6 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c6.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.6) Or "There were 21 different schools of the \*Ṛg-veda\*; 101 schools of the \*Yajur-veda\*; 1,000 of the \*Sāma-veda\*; and 9 or 15 of the \*Atharva-veda\*." Each school of the \*Veda\* had its own \*Śrauta-sūtra\* and hence probably its own \*Śulba\*. Thus it seems that there were numerous manuals of geometry in ancient India. But most of them are now lost. - [Previous: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.5) - [Next: c6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.7) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6.6) · Pramāṇa