[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) › c8.2 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.2 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.2) It has already been observed that the science of geometry originated in India in connexion with the construction of the altars for the Vedic sacrifices. We now propose to treat this point more fully. We shall further trace, as far as possible, the growth and development of the Hindu Geometry from its earliest state down to the one in which we find it now in the \*Śulba\*. Much has been done before in this respect, by Bürk in his masterly introduction to his edition of the \*Āpastamba Śulba\*.¹ Much more still remains to be done. - [Previous: c7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7.59) - [Next: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.3) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Āpastambaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8.2) · Pramāṇa