In the Silappadikaram, one of the five famous Tamil epics, recorded in the 1st century AD. Ylango Adigal, often mentions a vast area called Kumari Nadu (which European scholars now identify with Lemuria, or Gondwana). It stretched far beyond Kanniyakumari, the southernmost tip of modern Hindustan. Today this area is covered by the waters of the Indian Ocean. Tamil commentators Atiyarkunallar, Nachinarkkiniyar and Ilampuranar mention the sinking of the Kumari and Pahroli rivers into the ocean.
The Silappadikaram states that the distance between these two rivers was 700 kavadams (about 1600 km) and that this space was divided into seven nadu (states): Taga, Madurai, Munpalai, Pinpalai. Kunra, Kunakkarai and Kurumparai, each of which in turn consisted of seven nadu; thus, there were 49 of them. The country was dotted with mountains and possessed an incredible variety of flora and fauna. There are claims that ancient Madurai (Taen Madurai) was the site of the Tamil Sangam (Literary Academy), and Kavatapuram, or Mathur, was the capital of the Pandanian kingdom.
The Indian subcontinent was once adjoined by a vast continent that connected with Africa in the west, Australia in the south, and occupied a significant part of the Indian Ocean. For the period 30,000 - 2,700 years. BC. due to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, landslides occurred, periodically causing changes in the relief of the earth's surface and the ocean floor. As the western part of Lemuria subsided, people moved to regions of Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands. The Lemurians colonized North and South America, the Nile Valley, where they laid the foundation for Egyptian civilization. They also colonized the continent Atlantis that existed at that time between Europe and North America.
One of the most famous mountains of Lemuria was Mount Mani Malay (Meru) from the depths of which rubies and other precious stones were mined, as well as a large amount of gold. This is associated with (the emergence of the Tamil proverb “Meruwai cherntha kakamum ponnam,” which means: “Near the mountain of gold, even a crow turns gold.” It is said that the Pandava king used the labor of Chinese workers, and that when they went down to the mines, they seemed huge from the surface An army of tiny ants, as confirmed by the ancient Chinese chronicles, Mount Meru had 49 peaks, the Peru Aru River flowed next to it, and two other rivers, Kumari and Pakhroli, flowed on opposite sides of it.
TU Holderness in his study "People and Problems of India" writes that "the Indian subcontinent, located south of the Vindhya Mountains, is geologically distinct from the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas. It represents the remnant of a pre-existing continent that stretched all the way to Africa along the area currently occupied by the Indian Ocean. The mountain formations of this territory are among the most ancient in the world."