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Lemuria (External Evidences)111

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1. LEMURIA (EXTERNAL EVIDENCES)

     V.R.Ramachandra Dikshitar writes under the caption ‘The Lemurian Continent’ as follows:

     (1) “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