the kumari kandam proponents laid great emphasis on stating that the kanyakumari city was a part of the original kumari kandam. some of them also argued that entire tamil nadu, entire indian peninsula (south of vindhyas) or even entire india were a part of kumari kandam. this helped ensure that the modern tamils could be described as both indigenous people of south india and the direct descendants of the people of kumari kandam. this, in turn, allowed them to describe the tamil language and culture as the world's oldest.