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 says, “Hence, we shall not be far wrong if we infer that South India gave a refuge to survivors of the Deluge, that the culture developed in Lemuria was carried to South India after its submergence and that South India was probably the cradle of the post-diluvian human race. As the centre of gravity of the Dravidian peoples, as determined by the density of their population, lies somewhere about Mysore, South India must be considered as the home of those peoples whence they might have spread to the North,” And again, “Nevertheless, it is perhaps not too bold to assert that future discoveries and dipassionate researches may ultimately lead to the universal acceptance of the view that the Dravidians were living iu South India from the remotest antiquity”. Others again are not wanting who would restrict the original home of Man to a particular corner of the Tamil country. Thus