via India Narrative, 2 February 2023: Ash mounds in southern India linked to the Toba eruption 76,000 years ago.
Through an important geological find in Telangana’s Medak district, it has come to light that ash from Toba volcano that erupted 75,000 years ago in Indonesia reached Hastalpur village of the State.
Making this discovery was B.V. Bhadra Girish, a researcher of Kotha Telangana Charithra Brundam who found this when he was exploring a prehistoric rock art site at Pandavulagutta in the village. He was told by the villagers about mounds of ash that were present there and that the locals used chunks found there as chalk and for other purposes.
Intrigued by this information, Girish took samples from the ash mounds that were two feet deep and got them analysed in the laboratory. The results were astounding as it was found that there was no carbon in them and that 5 mg content of sulphur was present in them. Further the particles had sharp edges which is the same as that of volcanic lava ash.
Source: How Indonesia’s 75,000-year-old volcano spewed ash in Telangana
