Middle Holocene Indian summer monsoon variability and its impact on cultural changes in the Indian subcontinent

V Rawat, S Rawat, P Srivastava, PS Negi… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agriculture is a major contributor to the economic development of modern as well as ancient
India and largely depends on the rainfall in the monsoon season. In order to understand the …

Impact of Indian summer monsoon change on ancient Indian civilizations during the Holocene

AH Laskar, A Bohra - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A large part of South Asia receives rainfall mainly during the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM)
season of the year (Jun–Sep). The socioeconomic conditions of most of the developing …

The study of early human settlement preference and settlement prediction in Xinjiang, China

B Tan, H Wang, X Wang, S Yi, J Zhou, C Ma, X Dai - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
When studying the human settlement process, it is of great significance to understand the
prehistoric environment, economy and society by exploring the human–land relationship …

Indian summer monsoon variability in northeastern India during the last two millennia

S Dutt, AK Gupta, H Cheng, SC Clemens… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-resolution proxy records help to understand natural forcing of climate variability and
improving our capability to predict climate variability on decadal to centennial time scales …

Abrupt changes in Indian summer monsoon strength during the last~ 900 years and their linkages to socio-economic conditions in the Indian subcontinent

AK Gupta, S Dutt, H Cheng, RK Singh - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abrupt shifts in Indian summer monsoon (ISM) precipitation largely affected regional
hydrometeorology, accelerating socio-economic and cultural adaptations of agrarian …

Precipitation in surrounding mountains instead of lowlands facilitated the prosperity of ancient civilizations in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau

G Dong, T Li, S Zhang, L Ren, R Li, G Li, Y Xiao… - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Precipitation fluctuation has been suggested as a crucial influencing factor in the evolution
of ancient civilizations across the world. Nuomuhong culture (~ 3400–2450 BP) and …

Holocene climate events and associated land use changes in the eastern coast of India: Inferences from the Chilika Lagoon

R Ahmad Shah, I Khan, A Rahman, S Kumar… - The …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The Holocene arid events and related societal responses are important scientific inquiries
due to concerns about their reoccurrences in the future. In the Indian subcontinent …

Collapse Studies in Archaeology from 2012 to 2023

GD Middleton - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2024 - Springer
The study of collapse in archaeology and history has continued to grow and develop in the
last decade and is a respectable target of investigation in and beyond these fields …

Climate change during the Holocene in South Asia: A review study of Pakistan

SA Hussain, L Tan, G Kathayat, A Hussain… - Quaternary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
The climatic challenges faced by Pakistan, such as heat waves, glacier melting, and
increased frequency of catastrophic floods, underscore the urgency of addressing climate …

Geochemical evidence for west-flowing paleo-Yamuna River in northwest India during the late Quaternary and its implication for the Harappan Civilization

M Amir, D Paul, P Anchana, M Tarique, W Rahaman - Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Like the paleo-Sutlej River, the paleo-Yamuna River has been hypothesized as a
major tributary of the mighty Ghaggar-Hakra (Vedic Saraswati) River and its eastward …