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In response to message posted by rshrc:

rshrc: In the sutra of Apastamba, there are rules for the construction of right angles by means of triples of cords whose legths would form the Pythagorean triad. Therefore, a triangle with sides 3, 4 and 5 would have a right angle.

But this rule was known to Babylonians 1000 years before we even get written records from India. And in fact Pythagoras proved the ancient rule just about the time Apastamba managed to state the rule without proving it!

So, I am sorry to say, my original verbiage was correct.

-- posted by pseudoerasmus