The salutary influence



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Irrigation S E Asian Agri-history 2005
Irrigation S E Asian Agri-history 2005, Hist. Geog Dimensions India’s Interaction S E Asia, Hist. Geog Dimensions India’s Interaction S E Asia, Hist. Geog Dimensions India’s Interaction S E Asia
Hydraulic system in
sinicized Vietnam
Unlike the mainland lying to the west of
Annamite mountain ranges, Vietnam being sandwiched between the Annamite range
(to the west) and the South China Sea (to the east, had endured the Chinese influence both directly and indirectly, for over years beginning with rd century BC. In the context of mountainous uplands offering barely limited chances for any sort of permanent economic activity, the alluvial lowlands of Red river in the north had for centuries formed the main cluster of human settlement with exceptionally high density of population, just as the Mekong delta had since the beginning of 19
th century become the focus of convergence of people. The heavy polarization of population in these two deltas has partly been due to the inability of

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