"Geologists in India say they have found an elephant fossil in the Thar desert of Rajasthan, supporting earlier theories that the vast desert was once a fertile area.

They said the discovery also lent credence to popular belief that a mighty river, named in the ancient Hindu Vedic texts as Saraswati, flowed through the region thousands of years ago."

This supports two ideas:

1. That myths tend to be accurate historic records
2. That a poleshift occurred, causing rapid climate change