What are the other name of Lemuria?

Alternative names and spellings include Kumarikkandam and Kumari Nadu. In the 19th century, some European and American scholars speculated the existence of a submerged continent called Lemuria to explain geological and other similarities between Africa, Australia, the Indian subcontinent and Madagascar.

Where is Lemuria continent?

“The probable primeval home or ‘Paradise’ is here assumed to be Lemuria, a tropical continent at present lying below the level of the Indian Ocean, the former existence of which in the tertiary period seems very probable from numerous facts in animal and vegetable geography.”

Who lived in Kumari Kandam?

From Kumari Kandam, South of Tamil Nadu, about 15,000 years ago people moved to Africa and became Sumerians and those who moved from Africa to Arabia later became Jews. From Kumari Kandam, South of Tamil Nadu due to tsunami, people moved to Bengal and became Cholas and those who moved to Sind and Punjab became Cheras.

Is the most ancient Tamil literature?

Tolkāppiyam (Tamil: தொல்காப்பியம், lit. “ancient poem”) is the most ancient extant Tamil grammar text and the oldest extant long work of Tamil literature.

What is the lost continent of Lemuria?

Lemuria (/lɪˈmʊriə/), or Limuria, is a hypothesized continent proposed in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater to have sunk beneath the Indian Ocean, later appropriated by occultists in fictional accounts of human origins.

How old are Tamil?

A stone inscription in Modi script (used to write Marathi language), that was unearthed in Thanjavur reveals that the age of Tamil language could date back to more than 10,000 years. Such archaeological evidence provide ample proof to establish the antiquity of Tamil as an ancient language.

Which is golden era in Tamil history?

Sangam age is considered by the Tamil people as the golden era of Tamil language. This was the period when the Tamil country was ruled by the three ‘crowned kings’ the Cheras, Pandyas and the Cholas.

What is the origin of Tamil literature?

Many of the earliest extant Tamil literary works and their commentaries, mentions a Tamil continent called Kumari Kandam, which was ruled by Pandiyan Kings for 9,990 years, before getting submerged in the Indian Ocean, south of present-day Kanyakumari district at the southern tip of India.

Why do Tamil writers refer to the Lost Continent as ‘Kumari’?

According to cultural historian Sumathi Ramaswamy, the emphasis of the Tamil writers on the word “Kumari” (meaning virgin or maiden) symbolizes the purity of Tamil language and culture, before their contacts with the other ethnic groups such as the Indo-Aryans. The Tamil writers also came up with several other names for the lost continent.

What are the famous Tamil literature works about the sunken country?

The Sangam literary work Kaliththokai talks about the sunken country which was ruled by Pandiyan Kings. The Tamil Grammar work Nannool talks about the sunken country Kumari Kandam. The Tamil literature SiruKakkaip Paadiniyaar talks about the Kumari Kandam.

What are the salient features of Tamil civilization?

The salient features of the ancient Tamil civilization are widely known among the scholars. The geologists, the zoologists and the botanists have stated with evidences and clarity about the existence of the land mass, called Lemuria Continent, beyond the present day Kanyakumari and that Lemuria Continent had submerged under the sea.