"The diagonal cord of a rectangle makes both (the squares) that the vertical side and the horizontal side make separately."
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Amma, T. A. Sarasvati. Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2007. Thibaut, G. ‘On the Sulvasutras’. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. XLIV, (1875): pp. 227. quoted from Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
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