[INDOLOGY] Record heat Mohenjo Daro

[Caley Smith]

 The epic depicts quite a span of time, which events in the epic are you
dating to 1000 BCE?
- C

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 3:12 PM Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
> [image: photo.jpeg]
>
> 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>
>
> <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> 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> 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
>>
>>
>> [image: gettyimages-2153802427.jpeg]
>>
>> 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>
>>
>> <https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/asia/pakistan-heat-wave-sindh-climate-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> INDOLOGY mailing list
>> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
>>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20240528/77112e29/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: photo.jpeg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 28934 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20240528/77112e29/attachment.jpeg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: gettyimages-2153802427.jpeg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 28488 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20240528/77112e29/attachment-0001.jpeg>