Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c9.2

c9.2

THE earliest geometry of the Hindus is to be found in the "Sulva-sutras" 65 of Baudhayana and Apastamba. In these treatises, which form parts of the Vedic literature, we get the application of mathematical knowledge to the exigencies of religious life, sacrifices, rituals, construction of altars, etc.