History Forum / General / Archaeology / June 2007

I am sorry that people are deceiving you.

There are no such archaeological studies, and the 'bridge' is hardly
recently discovered although the NASA photograph got a lot of attention.
Chatterjee wrote about it almost 50 years ago. It is considered by
reputable Indian scientists to be natural, not manmade, and I am surprised
that people are suggesting these Indian scientists are wrong.
For instance, Dr. S. M., Ramasamy has concluded that it is made of
natural coral reefs and sand shoals. See also:

Chatterjee, S. P., 1961, Fluctuations of Sea level around the coasts
of India during the Quaternary Period (with 4 photos and 1 map)
Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementbände, Band 3,
pp. 48-57.

Erdelen, W., and Preu, C., 1990, Quaternary coastal and vegetation
dynamics in the Palk Strait region, South Asia; the evidence and
hypotheses. in Thornes, ed., p. 491-504. Vegetation and erosion;
processes and environments. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester,
United Kingdom.

Mahadevan, S., and Nayar, K. N., 1972, Distribution of coral
reefs in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay and their exploitation
and utilization Proceedings - International Coral Reef
Symposium. vol. 1, pp. 181-190

Pillai, C. S. G., 1972) Stony corals of the seas around India
Proceedings - International Coral Reef Symposium. vol. 1,
pp. 191-216

Pillai, C. S. G., 1971, Coral resources of India with special
reference to Palk Bay of Gulf of Mannar. Proceedings of
Symposium on the Living Resources of India, (CMFRI).
pp. 700-750.

Stoddart, D. R., and Fosberg, F. R., 1972, South Indian sand cays
Atoll Research Bulletin. vol. 161, pp. 1-16.

Chatterjee (1961), citation given above, indicated that
Adam’s Bridge is a reef submerged by post-glacial sea level rise
long before the NASA satellite photos became available. Also, one
unpublished geologic map shows the western "abutment" of this
so-called "bridge" to consist entirely of a natural beach ridge plain,
which has partially encloses a small reef. The ridges are intact and
show absolutely no evidence of having been either constructed or
even modified to be part any sort of artificial structure. In addition
at least three ship channels have been dug through Adam's Bridge
without finding a single sign of it being an artificial structure.

It is probably about 3500 years old.

Whoever sent it to you by email, you should tell them that they should not
dismiss or ignore the work of the Asian scientists who have studied this.

Doug