[INDOLOGY] Record heat Mohenjo Daro

[Jan Kučera]

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 <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> On Behalf Of Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 9:13 PM
To: Caley Smith <smith.caley at gmail.com>
Cc: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info>
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

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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 <smith.caley at gmail.com<mailto:smith.caley at gmail.com>> 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 <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> 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


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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>

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