to add a new civilization, is it possible for this faction to be the next dlc?
Lemuria is a complete nonsense name for an Indian Civ made up by a scientist in the XIX using a Roman word. Letās Try to use actual mythological material and naming while thereās lot of it, before made-up Civs like Atlanteans
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Plus Lemuria is usually claimed by Tamils and other Dravidians, whereas the Maurya originated from northern or central India iirc
Yes, thatās trueā¦itās strange that he brought them together when the Mauryans are from the north and the Lemurians from the south (they would basically occupy the entire Indian Ocean)ā¦in Genshin Impact they appear as Remuria, making references to Lemuria and Remoria, Romeās rival cityā¦
Kumari Kandam might be a better name (as itās actually used in Southern India as opposed to Lemuria) but itās marred by nationalism so itās risky lol.
I donāt oppose a separate south Indian pantheon as there are quite significant differences between how Tamils and Indo-Aryans view the deities and which ones are more important (there are also differing names, like Murugan in the south and Kartikeya in the north), making them two different civs might make more sense than Atlanteans and Greeks worshipping different figures of the same pantheon. Maybe just call them āTamilsā instead of āLemuriansā.
Yes, if theyāre going for something more historical, they could go for Dravidians; if they want something more fictional/mythological, they could go for Lemuriansā¦ but essentially, itās the same region (the Dravidians were/are Hindu, so it would be somewhat redundant if the Mauryans or Indians in general are already there)ā¦ with Lemurians, they could mix Dravidian units with units from Madagascar (Imerina) (Malagasy mythology) and even Aboriginal units from the west coast of Australia (although that would be more like Sahul, while the SEA would be like Sundaland/Malays) and create an interesting Oceanic Indic civilizationā¦
While i agree (and have seen this firsthand on how they view the religion differently) I think the wisest way to represent both indo-aryan and dravidian elements of Hinduism would be to differentiate major gods based on where they found their origin (like shiva has many influences and following in south vs vishnu the north) as players might get fatigue with many dlcs.
Iād love to see this but I think if the devs can find a way to incorporate aboriginals they have a complex and flushed out mythology which could get its own civ. I think this could work in a campaign though, to contrast the atlanteans a kumarikandam/lemuria campaign where u try to work with the edges of the landmass as its sinking or something. However that might be ill received as even though Iāve never met someone who seriously considers lemuria, Iāve met some who are offended by its existence as an idea itself (but we shouldnāt let the loudest voices govern the many 
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Yes, in theory according to the lore of Age of Mythology, the Atlanteans are descendants of Lemuria (due to the fact that they are Indo-European), since after the sinking of Lemuria (perhaps after the great ice age in 9700 BC?), the Atlanteans sailed around the Cape of Good Hope until settling in Atlantis centuries before the campaign of the fall of the Trident, beginning an Atlantean golden age (1710-1674 BC according to Hesiod) (the era of Arkantos and Kastor would be the Heroic Age during the Trojan War before the Iron Age that begins in 1100 BC)ā¦
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Wouldnāt the lemurians be dravidian or am I tweaking
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Lamuria sounds like a very bad idea.
Atlanteans are already the least popular Pantheon in the game, some people even hate them. Lamuria even more of a made up fantasy place and less mythological then Atlantis.
Having a worse version of the least popular part of the game doesnāt sound like a good idea.
Agreeing with everyone else who says Lemurians have no place here. Atlantis works because it is actually part of ancient mythology (Greek) and itās a way to incorporate the Titans vs Olympians conflict into the game. An Indian pantheon that references Kumari Kandam would work, but not a Lemurian civ.
Yes, itās possibleā¦ Lemuria was in that area, and Ceylon/Sri Lanka might even be what remains of itā¦
Yes, it was just an ideaā¦ Lemurians and Muans would be for when they run out of mythologies, but they could replace them with Dravidians and Polynesians and that would be good too, or even betterā¦
Lemuria wasnāt anywhere because it was made up in the 19th century with no historical or mythical precedent. I take back what I said about Kumari Kandam too because it turns out it isnāt mythological either. It was invented by modern Dravidian nationalists.
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Oh damnā¦it was a good concept, though. Well, letās just stick with mythological pantheons and see what happensā¦