Nimrod / Marduk / Marudhu whose forefathers were from Kumarikandam (Pangea) is also called Kumaran. Kumar and Kumari are suffixes frequently used by Indians in their names. They later transformed to mean S/o or D/o and especially denoting a virgin / unmarried individual. Nimrod is supposed to have been born (kumaran?) to his wife Ishtar (the Assyrian goddess) as Tammuz which might have contributed to the name Thamizh for the language. Murugan is also supposed to have convened the second Thamizh Changam.

Scripture is silent on Nimrod post the confusion of the languages and the subsequent scattering of the people. He should have moved eastward leading his people in search of fertile lands and the lost continent. One group ended up in China, Japan and Korea and another in India, Srilanka, Indonesia, Kambodia (Angor Vat / Angoru Vattam), Java and Bali.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. – Gen 10: 1-5. The sons of Japheth and some of Shem became Europeans. A large population (under Gomer – Germany) moved north from Babel and another (under Meshech and Tubal – Russia) towards North-east far up to Mongolia and Siberia. Tarshish is Modern day Britain.

The rest of the sons of Shem and those of Ham became Asians and Africans. Africa was the closest to Asia which got populated by a people who spoke a Thamizh dialect. Canaan (Kannan/ Kar vannan means dark-skinned) was the son of Ham. Egyptian civilization with Thamizh as its culture developed during this time.

Etymological research hints that the languages spoken today by people of many north African countries have numerous Thamizh words. (Cameroon is Kamanoor! and the Berbers (Vara vara) speak a Thamizh dialect). People moved southward to the Congo basin from the Sahara Desert which started turning into an un-inhabitable landmass.

The Americas and Australia were not even known then. These lands were discovered long afterward by modern seafarers like Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, James Cook and Tasman. But there were inhabitants there already when the so-called “civilized” criminals started occupying the lands. They are called the Aborigines. These “Red Indians” were the original people of the land and got separated from their mainland when the earth was divided (during the time of Peleg). The Aztec, Inca and Mayan civilizations had been thriving in South America. All these civilizations have a deluge story to say and a shade of the Thamizh culture built in their respective religions.

Asia with Europe (Eurasia), the largest of these landmasses emerged as the land of human habitation. The population lead by Murugan from Babel moved towards the east looking for their motherland, found the middle east growing hot and dry, moved further eastward and settled around the Indus river basin – the most fertile region they came across. Indus valley civilization thrived from then on – with the Thamizh culture and religion carried forward to this place. Even today, there are several cities and towns (ur/pur) in Pakistan, Afghanistan (capital Kandha-har, city Balamurug and river Murugab!) and Northwest India bearing Thamizh names.

Archaeological research activities in modern times at Aadhichanallur, Keezhadi etc point to the Indus valley civilization being Thamizh with the goddess worship, the idols and human images et al. (Refer to works of IVC Researchers Thiru R. Balakrishnan IAS, Thiru Iravatham Mahadevan, and Thiru Orissa Balu).