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Contested sites tagged “sangam”

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder

Kumari Kandam / Lemuria – Tamil Lost Continent

Scientific 1864–1912 (Sclater), Tamil revival 1890s–1940s (Kandam literature) · Tamil Sangam myth + Victorian zoogeography

Tamil Lemuria south of Cape Comorin — Sclater's 1864 lemur bridge remade as 49-Sangam drowned continent.

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🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder

Kumari Kandam Second Pseudo – Axial Tilt Lemuria Variant

Pseudoarchaeology 1890–1953 (claimed Sangam I 10,000 BCE) · Tamil purist revival + Scott-Elliott Lemuria

1890s Tamil Lemuria variant claiming 49 Tamil sangams on mid-Indian Ocean continent — axial tilt pseudo.