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# The Science of the Shulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry (The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry)

Geometry of the Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava Śulbasūtras: altar construction, Pythagorean theorem, squaring the circle, surds, transformations of figures.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [Bibhutibhusan Datta](https://indike.org/pramana/person/datta-b)
- **Extent:** 1,720 passages, 57,648 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Calcutta: University of Calcutta 1932; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Bibhutibhusan Datta †1958)

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c1) — 6 parts
- [c2 The Science of the Sulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c2) — 14 parts
- [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c3) — 7 parts
- [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c4) — 53 parts
- [c5 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c5) — 1 part
- [c6 Chapter I. Śulbas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c6) — 34 parts
- [c7 Chapter II. Commentators](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c7) — 58 parts
- [c8 Chapter III. Growth and Development of the Śulba](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c8) — 120 parts
- [c9 Chapter IV. Postulates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c9) — 62 parts
- [c10 Chapter V. Constructions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c10) — 121 parts
- [c11 Chapter VI. Combination of Areas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c11) — 89 parts
- [c12 Chapter VII. Transformation of Areas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c12) — 85 parts
- [c13 Chapter VIII. Areas and Volumes](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c13) — 27 parts
- [c14 Chapter IX. The Theorem of the Square of the Diagonal](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c14) — 102 parts
- [c15 Chapter X. Rational Rectangles](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c15) — 131 parts
- [c16 Chapter XI. Squaring the Circle](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c16) — 99 parts
- [c17 Chapter XII. Similar Figures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c17) — 93 parts
- [c18 Chapter XIII. Geometrical Algebra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c18) — 83 parts
- [c19 Chapter XIV. Indeterminate Problems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c19) — 3 parts
- [c20 Chapter XV. Elementary Treatment of Surds](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c20) — 16 parts
- [c21 Chapter XVI. Fractions and Other Minor Matters](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c21) — 2 parts
- [c22 Appendix: Some Technical Terms of the Sulba](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c22) — 51 parts
- [c23 Bibliography of the Śulba](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c23) — 65 parts
- [c24 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c24) — 57 parts
- [c25 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.datta-1932.c25) — 80 parts

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