Historical Climatology

[lmstoudt]

Anybody know any sources, esp. in regard to the Indus Valley? I know it is conjectured that the early Harrappa-Mohenjo Daro culture disappeared because of a drying of the climate. By the time Alexander took his tour there were still no major settlements in the lower Indus Valley, an area which is quite fertile today. I want to put a few insignificant settlements there but they're going to grow like weeds if they're surrounded by grassland; and, yes, I am going to at least double the size of the food box to stunt growth.

[Stefan Härtel]

The climate of the Indus valley seems to be changing greatly in antiquity. By the time Dareios the Great conquered India (518 BC), it was a vast, flourishing land, very rich and thus important to own.
My suggestion is to create a new Indus terrain (both ressources should be Gold dust, with lots of shields and trade). I know of only very few cities there, and the ones important to Alex where only Taxila, Sangala and Pattala.

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