Recent research has unveiled that India and Antarctica were once connected by a vast ancient mountain range, forming a single geological system known as the Rayner Eastern Ghats orogen. This study, conducted by an international team from India, Australia, and South Korea, focused on granulites from the Vizianagaram Salur region in Andhra Pradesh, which exhibited striking similarities to rocks in East Antarctica. Prof. Sankar Bose from Presidency University, Kolkata, highlighted the use of zircon, garnet, and monazite minerals to trace geological events. Zircon, known for its resilience, served as a time capsule, allowing researchers to establish a timeline of geological history. The findings revealed that both regions underwent three significant geological stages, with the earliest occurring 1,000 to 990 million years ago during a continental collision. The study also noted that the supercontinent Gondwana began to break apart approximately 130 to 150 million years ago, leading to the eventual separation of India and Antarctica, which are now thousands of kilometers apart but share a rich geological heritage.