“In the ancient religious system of South India and other countries the cult of the Bull was popular. The Bull as the riding vehicle of the great God Siva was venerated throughout .........On Cretan vases bull-jumping scenes are depicted. In fact the similarity between Cretan customs and those of South India is so close that we cannot escape the conclusion of South Indian influence on Crete............

     “Intimately associated with the cult of the Bull (which is also a feature of Egyptian religious system) is the Phallic cult. The different branches of the Mediterraneans followed the phallic culture.

     “Another feature of ancient civilization was the prevalence of matrilineal system adopted by the followers of the cult of the mother Goddess. It was the Marumakka——ayam system even now prevalent in Malabar as against the Mahattayam in other parts of the country. The Marumakka——ayam was once in all South India, South Europe, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia and Egypt. The system was another link that connected South India with the rest of the ancient world. As in Egypt, descent in Crete was through the female line.............  

    “Among the customs and amusements which are many, I shall mention one or two. Among the earliest animals domesticated was the cock, the emblem of God Muruga. It was the ensign of the Greek god Apollo..........The appearance of domesticated fowl in East Africa and Madagascar takes us to the geological time of the ‘submerged continent when the fowl was domesticated. This may have some basis in the Tamil Velan epic.

     “Among the amusements, game cock fighting (k†‰ipp†r) was peculiar to South India. On an amulet seal in Mohenjo Daro are portrayed two jungle fowls in a fighting attitude.”1

     The linguistic evidence to support the theory of South Indian connection with the ancient West, is furnished by Mr. Lahovary's Dravidian Origins and the West’, though his conclusion as to the origin of the Dravidian family of languages is just the reverse to the truth.

1.O.S.T. pp 44-52