Question

Answer all the questions given under caption.

Lemuria and the Tamils.

1. How do the researches relate to Lemuria and Tamils?
2. What do the available literary references point to?
3. Why are underwater surveys necessary in this area?
4. What does Archaeological research reveal?

Answer 1

1. Some researchers relate the origin of the Tamils to the submerged continent of Lemuria. In the wake of advancement in plate tectonics theory, differing views are put forth by scholars.
2. The available literary references point to the submergence of areas around Kanyakumari. Some parts of Srilanka and Tamil Nadu were connected by land about 5000 years BCE.
3. It is possible that some land might have submerged near Kanyakumari and around the coast of India, because of the rising sea levels. So underwater surveys are necessary for these areas.
4. Archaeological research reveals that at least a section of people may have been living continuously in South India including Tamil Nadu from the Mesolithic and Neolithic times.