Kumari Kandam, Kumari Kandam what is this plase people say it is a lost contienent close to the country தமிழ்நாடு/Tamilnadu/the place my parents where born.
Kumari Kandam (Tamil: குமரிக்கண்டம்) refers to a mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization, located south of present-day India in the Indian Ocean. Alternative name and spellings include Kumarikkandam and Kumari Nadu. The ruler of this such pace was Paratan, the ruler of one such kingdom, had eight sons and one daughter. He further divided his kingdom into nine parts, and the part ruled by his daughter Kumari came to be known as Kumari Kandam after her. Kumari Kandam is described as the kingdom of the Earth.
Kumari Kandam was first mentioned in the 15th century Skanda Puranam and is said to be submerged in the Indian Ocean due to the rising sea levels after the last ice age ended.Kumari Kandam is theorized as an isolated (both temporally and geographically) land mass. Geographically, it was located in the Indian Ocean. Temporally, it was a very ancient civilization.
A few facts about the that language that they spoke there. The earliest period of Tamil literature, Sangam literature, is dated from ca. 300 BC – AD 300. It has the oldest extant literature among Dravidian languages. The earliest epigraphic records found on rock edicts and 'hero stones' date from around the 3rd century BC.The Indian Tamils (or Hill Country Tamils) are descendants of bonded laborers who migrated from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka in the 19th century to work on tea plantations. There also exists a significant Muslim population in Sri Lanka who are speakers of the Tamil language.The earliest Tamil writing is attested in inscriptions and potsherds from the 5th century bce. ... The Tamil writing system evolved from the Brahmi script. The shape of the letters changed enormously over time, eventually stabilizing when printing was introduced in the 16th century ce.From this place and onwards will be about the language tamil/தமிழ் . Did you now if you search on google what is the oldest language in the world it will show tamil/தமிழ.
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Very great writing keerthana..I am very amazed. Please keep writing more about Tamil and you will find interesting as you read more. - Appa
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