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[-] omega_x3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's not a boulder, it's a rock. Oh the pioneers used to ride these everywhere.

But domesticating them was not a job for the cowboy with the faint of heart.

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

There's some incredibly impressive megalithic structures in India. Look up Ajanta and Ellora caves. I believe the Ellora temple is the largest monolithic structure ever created

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

the Ellora caves deserve to be their own post. Idiots think aliens mustve built it because theres no debris field.. I'm pretty sure its more likely that pilgrims took home small pieces of carved rock for centuries.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They've always had a monsoon cycle were there were periods of unsustainable growth leading up to a famine.

When things were good, this stuff is what the leaders had people work on, instead of preparing for the famines.

So....

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

The Indian region has historically has been pretty resilient to famines, the exception to that is during British rule there were several famines leading to the starvation and deaths of millions. The consensus seems to be that these famines were a result of British policy. I've never heard of this unsustainable growth and famine argument I'd love to read more if you can provide sources

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Only if you ignore the thousands of years of famine before the British, and the recent famines after the British...

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

thousands of years of famine? I'd love to read more let me know! Also I don't believe there have been any famines after the British left.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Periods of unsustainable growth leading to a famine? Can you quote any sources on that?

[-] JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

According to YouTube this could have been dug it with a stick by a single person in a few days. Also, there would be a a pool somewhere.

[-] unwinagainstable@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

This is clearly a spaceship long forgotten when the aliens abandoned humanity.

[-] jerrimu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It wasn’t aliens, it was brown people.

[-] Tavarin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Older than that, the Barabar caves are over 2,200 years old.

[-] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

This seems more than mildly interesting?

[-] gosling@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

wildly interesting

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