[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) › c9.13 # The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.13 The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry c9.13 - **Language:** English ### [c9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.13) is then divided into 8 equal parts by drawing four diameters.⁴ Similarly in an alternative circular shape of the \*Mārjālīya\* fire, the circle has to be divided into 6 equal parts.¹ A circular annulus has been divided into 32 equal parts;² another annulus into 64 equal parts and then again into two parts each by drawing the mean circle.³ - [Previous: c9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.12) - [Next: c9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.14) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9.13) · Pramāṇa