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===Magic square in Parshavnath temple=== [[File:Magic square at the Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho.png|thumb|right|upright|220px|Magic Square at the [[Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho|Parshvanatha temple]], in [[Khajuraho]], [[India]]]] There is a well-known 12th-century 4Γ4 normal magic square inscribed on the wall of the [[Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho|Parshvanath]] temple in [[Khajuraho]], India.<ref name="Datta"/><ref name="Hayashi"/><ref name="Andrews">{{cite book |last=Andrews |first=William Symes |title=Magic Squares and Cubes |publisher=Open Court Publishing Company| date=1917| edition=2nd| pages=124β126| url=https://archive.org/details/MagicSquaresAndCubes_754}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;width:8em;height:8em;table-layout:fixed;" |- | 7 || 12 || 1 ||14 |- | 2 || 13 || 8 || 11 |- | 16 || 3 || 10 || 5 |- | 9 || 6 || 15 || 4 |} This is known as the ''Chautisa Yantra'' (''Chautisa'', 34; ''[[wikt:hi:ΰ€―ΰ€¨ΰ₯ΰ€€ΰ₯ΰ€°|Yantra]]'', lit. "device"), since its magic sum is 34. It is one of the three 4Γ4 [[pandiagonal magic square]]s and is also an instance of the [[most-perfect magic square]]. The study of this square led to the appreciation of pandiagonal squares by European mathematicians in the late 19th century. Pandiagonal squares were referred to as Nasik squares or Jain squares in older English literature.
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