1 South Asia: rural and urban scenes (a) Village festival in south India 340 (b) Madras, Tamil Nadu State, south India 340 14.2 South Asia: agriculture (a) Planting young rice seedlings by hand, south India 341 (b) Tea gardens and tea pickers in Sri Lanka 341 14.3 South Asia (a) Pump drawing well-water 342 (b) Cannibalised bicycle parts help in spinning, south India 342 (c) Bombay, gateway to India 343 15.1 (a) Part of Buddhist temple complex, near Chang Mai, northern 359 Thailand (b) Junior school classroom, northern Thailand 359 15.2 Southeast Asia: Thailand (a) Fish farms in the coastlands near Bangkok 362 (b) Dam and hydroelectric station in the mountains of northern 363 Thailand 15.3 Southeast Asia: villagers of the hill tribes of northern Thailand 365 15.4 Southeast Asia (a) Typical home of a hill tribe family in the mountainous 366 forested Cameron Highlands of central Malaya, Malaysia (b) New mosque in northwest Malaya, Malaysia 366

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1 South Asia: rural and urban scenes (a) Village festival in south India 340 (b) Madras, Tamil Nadu State, south India 340 14.2 South Asia: agriculture (a) Planting young rice seedlings by hand, south India 341 (b) Tea gardens and tea pickers in Sri Lanka 341 14.3 South Asia (a) Pump drawing well-water 342 (b) Cannibalised bicycle parts help in spinning, south India 342 (c) Bombay, gateway to India 343 15.1 (a) Part of Buddhist temple complex, near Chang Mai, northern 359 Thailand (b) Junior school classroom, northern Thailand 359 15.2 Southeast Asia: Thailand (a) Fish farms in the coastlands near Bangkok 362 (b) Dam and hydroelectric station in the mountains of northern 363 Thailand 15.3 Southeast Asia: villagers of the hill tribes of northern Thailand 365 15.4 Southeast Asia (a) Typical home of a hill tribe family in the mountainous 366 forested Cameron Highlands of central Malaya, Malaysia (b) New mosque in northwest Malaya, Malaysia 366