The characteristics and age of anthropogenic landscape features in the study area.

Human settlement characteristics were obtained from local chronicles [27]–[30], literatures [31]–[34], the Fifth National Census Data (2000) and field survey. Road and railway characteristics were acquired from local chronicles [27]–[30], local railway station record and field survey. The age of anthropogenic landscape features were obtained from local chronicles [27]–[30] and local people.