The continent of Gondwana was named by Austrian scientist , Eduard Suess , after the Gondwana region of central northern India ( from Sanskrit gondavana ` forest of the Gonds ' ) , from which the Gondwana sedimentary sequences ( Permianâ `` Triassic ) are also found . The continent of Gondwana was named by Austrian scientist , Eduard Suess , after the Gondwana region of central northern India ( from Sanskrit gondavana `` forest of the Gonds '' ) , from which the Gondwana sedimentary sequences ( Permian-Triassic ) are also described .