India Says Grasslands Are 'Wastelands.' Medieval Poems Show Otherwise

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Feb 2, 2026, 3:16 pm126 ptsTrending
The sprawling grasslands of western India are, in the popular imagination, the remains of woodlands that were leveled under British rule — areas to be reforested, rather than conserved. But a recent analysis of stories, songs, and poems from centuries past reveals that western grasslands predate British…

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