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Evolution of Ramasetu region as a link between India and Sri Lanka during the late Pleistocene and Holocene

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Rama's Bridge / Adam's Bridge

Why Ancient Inquiry uses this citation here

Peer-reviewed seismic and palaeogeographic study of buried channels, sea-level encroachment, freshwater conditions, and changing crossability; it models possible human crossing requirements but does not report discovery of an engineered epic bridge.

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A chain of shoals between India and Sri Lanka is a real, mappable physical feature.

The strongest support is for the existence of the feature and its long cultural importance. The shoal chain is real. The Ramayana bridge story is real as a religious and literary tradition. The Rameswaram region has major sacred significance. The strongest scientific support favors natural coastal formation, with ongoing technical debate about sediment history and sea-level evolution.
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AT-0941 documents late-Pleistocene and Holocene palaeogeographic and sea-level change in the Ramasetu region; it does not report an engineered bridge.

The strongest support is for the existence of the feature and its long cultural importance. The shoal chain is real. The Ramayana bridge story is real as a religious and literary tradition. The Rameswaram region has major sacred significance. The strongest scientific support favors natural coastal formation, with ongoing technical debate about sediment history and sea-level evolution.
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The listed marine, remote-sensing, and textual sources do not establish that the entire shoal chain is an engineered ancient bridge built as narrated in the Ramayana.

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AT-0942 maps the shoal chain by remote sensing, but imagery alone cannot identify builders, a construction date, or cultural attribution.

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