Indian Mathematics c12.s2.119

c12.s2.119

56. A sacrificial altar is built of bricks 6 *aṅgulas* high, half a *hasta* broad and one *hasta* long. It is 6 *hastas* long, 3 *hastas* broad and half a *hasta* high. Tell me rightly, wise man, what its volume is and how many bricks it contains. *Answer*—9, 72. *S.* 96. 24 aṅgulas=1 hasta.