[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) › c7.43 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.43 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c7.43 - **Language:** English ### [c7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.43) Dvārakanātha must be posterior to Āryabhaṭa I (499) whom he quotes.¹ He proves with the help of illustrative examples that the methods taught in the \*Śulbas\* for the squaring of a circle and \*vice versa\* do not lead to an accurate result as compared with that obtained by the method of Āryabhaṭa. If 2\*a\* be the side of the square equivalent to the circle of radius \*r\*, then according to the \*Śulba\*, - [Previous: c7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.42) - [Next: c7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.44) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.43) · Pramāṇa