750-year-old Indian poems reveal a landscape scientists got wrong

ScienceDaily
Feb 1, 2026, 2:28 pm114 ptsTrending
Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s closely match today’s savannas in western India. This suggests these landscapes are ancient and natural—not ruined…

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