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Kumari Kandam (Tamil: குமரிக்கண்டம் ) refers to a mythical lost
continent with an ancient Tamil civilization, The Lemuria continent
better referred as ‘Kumari Kandam’ was located between the Indian
and Pacific Oceans, connecting Africa with South India through
Madagascar.. Alternative name include KumariKandam and Kumari
Nadu.
In the 19th century, a section of the European and American scholars
speculated the existence of a submerged continent called Lemuria, to
explain geological and other similarities
between Africa, Australia, India and Madagascar. A section of Tamil
revivalists adapted this theory, connecting it to the Pandyan legends of
lands lost to the ocean, as described in
ancient Tamil and Sanskrit literature. Pandiyan Kings ruled almost for
10,000 years on the continent of Lemuria before it got submerged
under water.. In the 20th century, the Tamil writersstarted using the
name "Kumari Kandam" to describe this submerged continent.
Although the Lemuria theory was later rendered obsolete by
the continental drift (plate tectonics) theory, the concept remained
popular among the Tamil revivalists of the 20th century. According to
them, Kumari Kandam was the place
 The first two Tamil literary academies (sangams) were organized
during the Pandyan reign. One such group is the Tamil nationalists.
The term Kumari Kandam first appeared in the 15 th century Kanda
Puranam, the Tamil version of the Skanda Puranam. Yet, stories about
an ancient land submerged by the Indian Ocean have been recorded
in many earlier Tamil literary works.
It has been claimed that Pandiyan kings of kumari kandam
are the rulers of whole Indian continent and the Tamil
civilization is the oldest civilization in the world.
When kumari kandam was submerged its people spread
across the world and founded various civilizations hence
claimed the lost continent was also the crate of human
civilizations
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.
In Sillapathikaram, it was mentioned that one “Ezhuthanga
Nadu” (7x7 =49 countries) existed. So, Southern Tamil Nadu and
Kumari Kandam are different regions. Those who have moved to
Southern Tamil Nadu were called Pandiyas and they spread over
Ceylon(Sri Lanka)and Tirunelvelli.
Tamil literatures say that during the Kurukshethra war, Chera
Kings had given food to both the armies. From all these we come
to a conclusion that the Ancient South India would have been
with tall cliffs, dense forests with high fertility.
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Because of a calamity, which took place in 9,000 BC, a terrific
destruction occurred and destroyed Chera, Chola and Pandiya
Kingdoms and they all then came and settled in South India. The great
scholar Sri Avvai Duraisamy Pillai has established that the “Pancha
Dravidam” is the region consisting Gujarath, Maharashtra, Andhra,
Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu