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THE LOST CONTINENT Kumari kandam --S.M.Sheikhasinah
INTRODUCTIONThe name of a hypothetical lost land.
Connection - Africa to South India, through Madagascar.
HISTORYThe English geologist - Philip Sclater
Sclaters theory - Lemurs could have migrated from Madagascar to
India or vice versa
The land that was once ruled by the Pandiyan kings
References in tamizh literatureKalitthogai- How the sea took the
land of thePandiyankings
Silappathikaram [ Madurai kaandam ] Pandya land lay between the
rivers Pahruli and the mountainous banks of the Kumari.Existence of
rivers Pahruli and Kumari in the submerged land.
Adiyar kunallar - A land to the south of the present-day
Kanyakumari, stretched for 700kavatamfrom the Pahruli river in the
north to the Kumari river in the south.
DivisionsLand was divided into 49 Nadu, or territories
seven coconut territories (elutenga nadu), seven Madurai
territories (elumaturai nadu), seven old sandy territories
(elumunpalai nadu), seven new sandy territories (elupinpalai nadu),
seven mountain territories (elukunra nadu), seven eastern coastal
territories (elukunakarai nadu) and seven dwarf-palm territories
(elukurumpanai nadu).
EVIDENCESIn 15thcentury ,the term kumari kandam appeared in
Kanda Puranam.
Adams Bridge(also called Ramas Bridge), a chain of limestone
shoals made up of sand, silt and small pebbles.
According to researchers at Indias National Institute of
Oceanography, the sea level was lower by 100 m about 14,500 years
ago and by 60 m about 10,000 years ago.
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Present dayTwoof these Nadus or territories were supposedly
parts of present-dayKollamandKanyakumaridistricts.
TIMELINEca.200,000 to 50,000 BC: evolution of the Tamilian
orHomo Dravida,ca. 200,000 to 100,000 BC: beginnings of the Tamil
language50,000 BC:Kumari Kandam civilisation20,000 BC: A lost Tamil
culture of theEaster Islandwhich had an advanced civilisation16,000
BC: Lemuria submerged6087 BC: Second Tamil Sangam established by a
Pandya king3031 BC: A Chera prince in his wanderings in the Solomon
Island saw wild sugarcane and started cultivation in Kumari
Kandam.1780 BC: The Third Tamil Sangam established by a Pandya
king7th century BC:Tolkappiyam(the earliest known extant Tamil
grammar)
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