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ThetermKumariKandamfirstappearedinthe15thcenturyKandaPuranam, theTamilversionoftheSkandaPuranam. Yet, storiesaboutanancientlandsubmergedbytheIndianOceanhavebeenrecordedinmanyearlierTamilliteraryworks. According to theseaccounts, therewas a portionoflandthatwasonceruledbythePandiyan kings andwasswallowedbythesea. Manyhaveconnectedthesestories to the more contemporarylegendofLemuria.
Czech historical linguist Václav Blažek has noted the similarity between the numerals in Dravidian (Tamil-Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, etc.) and the major group of Australian Aboriginal languages (Pama-Nyungan). That Dravidian and most Australian languages are typologically similar, in both phonology and grammar (morphology and syntax) has been obvious for a long time. I think Kumari Kandam / ‘Lemuria’ is simply Australia, and relates to a very distant (Epipaleolithic-Mesolithic) era of bidirectional voyaging between there and India.
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The Lost Continent of Kumari Kandam
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