This table aggregates all verisimilitude scores across 81 items in 12 categories (A-L). The Global Scorecard & Conclusion contains this same data plus final analysis. Malay scores use the Wiang Sa variant for Category L (highest-scoring Malay candidate for physical geography).


Category-Level Summary

Category Max Meso Heart Malay Baja Panama Mex High S. India
A. Flora (1-8) 32 13 10 17 2 10 13 23
B. Fauna (9-18) 40 8 5 22 1 7 8 34
C. Metallurgy (19-27) 36 3 3 24 0 12 3 34
D. Writing (28-33) 24 13 0 12 0 0 13 21
E. Weapons/Military (34-42) 36 25 14 23 6 13 25 36
F. Economy (43-48) 24 14 5 16 0 8 14 21
G. Government (49-53) 20 15 4 12 0 7 15 18
H. Religion (54-58) 20 15 3 13 0 3 15 20
I. Transport (59-62) 16 7 2 11 1 4 7 15
J. Demographics (63-67) 20 19 10 17 0 9 19 19
K. Chronology (68-70) 12 11 5 9 0 4 11 11
L. Physical Geography (71-81) 44 29 20 32 14 24 26 35
TOTAL 324 172 81 208 24 101 169 287

Percentage Summary

Category Meso Heart Malay Baja Panama Mex High S. India
A. Flora 41% 31% 53% 6% 31% 41% 72%
B. Fauna 20% 13% 55% 3% 18% 20% 85%
C. Metallurgy 8% 8% 67% 0% 33% 8% 94%
D. Writing 54% 0% 50% 0% 0% 54% 88%
E. Weapons 69% 39% 64% 17% 36% 69% 100%
F. Economy 58% 21% 67% 0% 33% 58% 88%
G. Government 75% 20% 60% 0% 35% 75% 90%
H. Religion 75% 15% 65% 0% 15% 75% 100%
I. Transport 44% 13% 69% 6% 25% 44% 94%
J. Demographics 95% 50% 85% 0% 45% 95% 95%
K. Chronology 92% 42% 75% 0% 33% 92% 92%
L. Physical Geography 66% 45% 73% 32% 55% 59% 80%
OVERALL 53% 25% 64% 7% 31% 52% 89%

Ranking

  1. South India/Taprobane: 287/324 (89%)
  2. Malay Peninsula (Wiang Sa): 208/324 (64%)
  3. Mesoamerican: 172/324 (53%)
  4. Mexican Highland Continental: 169/324 (52%)
  5. Panama: 101/324 (31%)
  6. Heartland: 81/324 (25%)
  7. Baja California: 24/324 (7%)

Analysis

South India dominates across all 12 categories. At 89% overall (287/324), the South India/Taprobane model scores 25 percentage points above its nearest competitor (Malay at 64%) and 36 points above the traditional Mesoamerican model (53%). It achieves two perfect category scores (Weapons 100%, Religion 100%) and never drops below 72% in any category. Even in Physical Geography — Mesoamerica's expected strongest domain — South India leads at 80%, driven by Adam's Bridge as a textually precise narrow neck, strong north-south structural alignment, and the seismically active zone along the Indian plate boundary.

The Malay model is a strong second. At 64% (208/324), it outperforms Mesoamerica across the board on material culture categories (Fauna, Metallurgy, Flora, Transport, Economy) while trailing in the institutional categories (Government, Religion, Writing). Physical Geography is Malay's second-strongest showing at 73%, with the Kra Isthmus providing an excellent narrow neck and the Wiang Sa variant benefiting from the Khlong Marui fault zone for Item 81 (natural disasters).