The
Primary Classical Language of the World
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LEMURIA (EXTERNAL EVIDENCES)
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V.R.Ramachandra
Dikshitar writes under the caption ‘The Lemurian Continent’ as follows:
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“The end of the Cretaceous period and the commencement of the Eocene period
saw the disruption of this ancient continental land mass of Gondwana land.
Large territories of land either went under the sea or the continent got
fissured and drifted apart leaving Australia, South India and South Africa
separate. It is believed that India and Africa were still connected by
an isthmus to which the name Lemuria has been given. That this was once
the case is still shown by supporters of the theory by a line pointing
out the position of Madagascar, Mauritius, Maldives and the Laccadive
Archipelago. Similarly on the east, a large area of land traversed by
a mountainous belt to which the name Madras Mountain belt has been given
is supposed to have extended eastward as far as the Andaman islands and
occupied the area that is now the Bay of Bengal. In the main Gondwana
period (Jurassic) this eastward extension of the Indian peninsula still
traversed by the Madras Mountain belt is supposed to have undergone subsidence
and sunk beneath the sea. About this time also the central part of the
continent of Angara is supposed to have subsided thus drowning a greater
part of the land. The similarity of stratigraphy persists in Gondwana
land through the greater part of the Gondwana era. The Gondwana land now
lies scattered over the whole of the southern hemisphere. The connection
of India with Madagascar and eastern and southern
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