The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.11
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t18.11
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c8.t18.11
Āpastamba summarized the knowledge of geometry and related problems in the first three chapters. The first chapter deals with various methods of construction of square, the theorem of square on the diagonal of a square and rectangle, and the calculation of the value of √2.