In the 20th century, the Tamil writers started using the name Kumari Kandam to describe this submerged continent. According to these writers, an ancient Tamil civilisation existed on Lemuria, before it was lost to the sea in a catastrophe. 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. ![]() 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. Alternative names and spellings include Kumarikkandam and Kumari Nadu. Kumari Kandam is a mythical continent, believed to be lost with an ancient Tamil civilization, supposedly located south of present-day India in the Indian Ocean. Kanda Puranam (purportedly alluded to in Sangam literature, but not by this name) Mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization
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