Sincere thanks to Greg and Dominik for these references. Best wishes, Howard
> On Aug 8, 2023, at 12:51 PM, Dominik Wujastyk <[email protected]> wrote: > > It may not answer your quantitative question, Howard, but two recent > articles that address relevant issues, by Fred Smith and tom Trautmann, are > published in > > Fleming, Christopher T., Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, Anuj Misra, and Vishal > Sharma, eds. Science and Society in the Sanskrit World. Sir Henry Wellcome > Asian Series. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. > > namely, > <image.png> > > > On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 19:19, Howard Resnick <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Dear Scholars, >> >> Are there any reliable estimates of land use in ancient India, especially in >> the main areas of Northern India where Mahābhārata events take place? I am >> especially interested in relative precentages and locations of land reserved >> as forests, or great forests (mahā-vanāni), and land actively farmed. >> Nowadays it seems that in the North Indian plains there are precious few >> great forests. >> >> Many thanks for any resources, especially links to relevant maps. >> >> Best wishes, >> Howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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