“…The yellow star indicates Lake Tianchi, and the red star indicates Lake Bayanchagan. Solid circles with numbers indicate the locations of lakes for which previously published palaeomonsoon records (Table S1; Chen et al, 2014Chen et al, , 2015Cheng et al, 2013;Demske et al, 2009;Enzel et al, 1999;Herzschuh et al, 2006Herzschuh et al, , 2009Herzschuh et al, , 2014Jarvis, 1993;Kramer et al, 2010;Lee et al, 2010;Leipe et al, 2014;Li et al, 2011;Ma et al, 2014;Maxwell, 2001;Prasad et al, 2014;Quamar & Chauhan, 2012;Shen et al, 2005Shen et al, , 2006Singh et al, 1990;Stebich et al, 2015;Sun et al, 1993Sun et al, , 2016Tang et al, 2000;VanCampo et al, 1996;VanCampo & Gasse, 1993;Wang et al, 2007;Wen et al, 2010Wen et al, , 2017Wischnewski et al, 2011;Wunnemann et al, 2010;Xiao et al, 2004Xiao et al, , 2014Xiao et al, , 2015Zhang et al, 2016;Zhou et al, 2016) for the Indian summer monsoon area (yellow) or the East Asian summer monsoon area (red) were used in our combined analysis. The yellow dashed line indicates the northern limit of the modern Asian summer monsoon (Jiang, 2013).…”