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

Mahabharata: Mahabharata much older, say ASI Archaeologists economictimes.indiatimes.com

On May 28, 2024, at 9:53 AM, Caley Smith <smith.caley@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@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

Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F cnn.com

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