The grand ritual of Agnicayana described in the Later Vedic manuals involved the systematic construction of a massive bird-shaped fire altar using thousands of specialized bricks. This ritual execution served as an early framework for the development of which science?

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The Agnicayana or piling of the fire altar, extensively documented in the Shatapatha Brahmana, required building complex geometric structures, often resembling a giant falcon (Syena). The dimensions demanded that squares, rectangles, and triangles possess identical total areas, driving the mathematical discoveries laid down in the Shulbasutras.

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