The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c6.s3.20
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c6.s3.20
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P. V. Kane placed Baudhāyana, Āpastamba and Kātyāyana between 800 b.c. and 400 b.c. Ramgopal also concluded that the principal *sūtras* by the above-mentioned *sūtrakāras* were composed between 800 b.c. and 500 b.c. These dates are discussed. But there can hardly be any doubt that what Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Mānava, Kātyāyana and others tried to codify in a systematic manner in their *śulbasūtra* manuals must have for a long time formed the common property of all *adhvaryus* and priests specialized in the performance of sacrificial rites. The origin of mathematics in India clearly lies embedded in these ancient priestly practices.