in 1927, purnalingam pillai published a map titled "puranic india before the deluges", in which he labeled the various places of kumari kandam with names drawn from ancient tamil and sanskrit literary works. pulavar kulanthai, in his 1946 map, was first to depict cities like tenmaturai and kapatapuram on the maps of kumari kandam. several maps also depicted the various mountain ranges and rivers of kumari kandam. the most elaborate cartographic visualization appeared in a 1977 map by r. mathivanan. this map showed the 49 "nadu"s mentioned by adiyarkunallar, and appears in the tamil nadu government's 1981 documentary.