ABSTRACT
The population of Indo-China is not a homogeneous one. Differences in physical characteristics, language, religion and mode of life divide the people into several large groups within which there are many local differences in physical and cultural development. These groups include the Annamites, the Cambodians, the Cham, the Moi, the Laotians (a branch of the Thai), the Thai proper, and a number of tribes such as the Man, Miao and Lolo in the mountains of Laos and Tonkin (Fig. 54). Indo-China has been a meeting-place for the outposts of two great civilizations, the Hindu and the Chinese, and the impact of these external influences is clearly apparent over a large part of the country.
