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Purana Saptha Dweepa Five Landmass of Tamil Gondwana Geology

The earlier findings called this land mass as Lemuria.

But the areas of Lemuria could have been in existence only as apart of a greater continent, Gondwana, if one were to take into account the descriptions found in Puranas,Ramayana, Mahabharata and Tamil Classics and the great flood references in Indian Literature.

interestingly the Puranas mention seven islands,Saptha Dweepas and seven Oceans.

They are,

Jambuu Dweepa; Plaksha Dweepa; Saalmalii Dweepa; Kusa Dweepa; Krouncha Dweepa; Saaka Dweepa and Pushkara Dweepa.

Look at the map of the Gondwana.

Manu Rama’s Ancestor Migrated From South India 5000 BC

If the first migration was from the East, how come there were people already living in these areas?

From where did they come?

For more on this, read my post Rama's ancestor Dravida.

But the Puranas and Tamil Classics provide information that can be checked with astronomical phenomenon, cross checked with other literature, archeological findings.

One such information is the so-called Legends of the Tamil Sangams.

Sangams are Poets' Conclaves held by the Tamil Kings.

There were three such Sangams held.