Ancient Hindu Geometry

The whole purpose of this very famous book is to get as much insight as possible into the knowledge and achievements of the Hindus in the science of mathematics, more particularly in its branch o geometry. Most scholars, when they think of the genius of the Vedic Hindu, are naturally mare attracted by his noble religion, sublime philosophy, enormous extent and most varied character of his rich literature, and charming devotional poetry. But the Vedic Hindu, in his great quest of the PARAVIDYA (“Supreme knowledge”) SATYASYA SATYAM (“Truth off truths”’) made progress in the APARA-VIDYA (“Inferior knowledge”’ “Relative truths”), including the various arts and sciences, to a considerable extent, and with a completeness which is unparalled in antiquity. Of these the special concern of this volume is the Vedic science of geometry, technically called by the name SULBA.