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Kumarikandam map the sunken continet

Vedic Sarasvathi Valley Culture From Dravida South

Steeds that were all of the hue of the Atrusa flower bore a hundred and forty thousand principle car-warriors that followed that Sarangadhwaja, the king of the Pandyas. Mahabharatha 7.23

In return, Malayadhwaja pierced the son of Drona with a barbed arrow. Then Drona's son, that best of preceptors, smiling the while, struck Pandya with some fierce arrows, capable of penetrating into the very vitals and resembling flames of fire. Mahabharatha 8:20'

Add to this the Bhagavatham stating that the Ancestor of Lord Rama, Satyavrata Manu having migrated to North with two sons to establish a Kingdom in Ayodhya."

This is a clear indication of the culture from the South moved to North , to Sarasvati Valley and later Indus Valley.

Then there is the Tamil script being found in the Mohenjo-Daro.

One batch of migration from the south took place towards the Sarasvati .

What about the next?

Tamil Sangam Dates 17000 Years Extended To Equator

Put it simply, the coast line of India , more specifically Tamils extended up to Equator.

And this tallies with the descriptions of Tamil Kings in The Mahabharata during the Swayamvar of Draupadi , the reference to Arjuna having married the daughter of a Pandyan King and the mention of Cheran Perunchotruudiyan Neduncheraathan as having fed both the armies of the Panadavas and Kauravas during the Mahabharata War, among other refernces like the Tamil Knings donated Villages for Baramins po perform Vedic Rites daily in the Agraharas, ear marked for them.