Thank you! > On May 28, 2024, at 3:27 PM, Jan Kučera <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have zero expertise in this area but this suggests that on average it > wasn’t much different than today: > > https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/18/911/2022/ > > Thanks, > Jan > > From: INDOLOGY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Howard Resnick via > INDOLOGY > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 9:13 PM > To: Caley Smith <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: Indology List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Record heat Mohenjo Daro > > Thanks Caley. Without pretension to precision, I will go with the > Archeological Survey of India and date the events of the epic, not the > surviving text, to roughly 1000 BCE. > > If we include the older surviving structures of the Harappan civilization, we > can inquire as to West and Northwest weather patterns back to 4,000 BC, and > earlier for less imposing remains. My apologies to actual experts in this > area for my crude calculus. > > Best wishes, > Howard > > <image001.jpg> > Mahabharata: Mahabharata much older, say ASI Archaeologists > <https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mahabharata-much-older-say-asi-archaeologists/articleshow/71658119.cms?from=mdr> > economictimes.indiatimes.com > <https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mahabharata-much-older-say-asi-archaeologists/articleshow/71658119.cms?from=mdr> > > > > > > > On May 28, 2024, at 9:53 AM, Caley Smith <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I guess it depends on when you are dating the composition of the MBh. > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:37 AM Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear Scholars, > > Is there any evidence that thousands of years ago, the weather in Pakistan > and Northern India was significantly different than it is today? I ask > because I’m trying to imagine the conditions roughly around the time of > Mahābharata. > > Thanks! > Howard > > > <image002.jpg> > Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F > <https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/asia/pakistan-heat-wave-sindh-climate-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app> > cnn.com > <https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/asia/pakistan-heat-wave-sindh-climate-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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