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Synopsis This book will play a pioneering role towards construction of a systematic history of the various Tribes of northeast India. The study is based on oral historical literature and other sources collected by conducting a massive survey in more than one hundred villages located on India-Myanmar Boarder and the entire tract constituting the meeting point of the three great civilizations of India, China and the South-East Asia. The location of strategic Pangsau Pass in the region which facilitated the migration of the Kshatriya Tribes of India towards the South East Asia, and China and also the migration of the Tai Ahoms, Tangsas, the Tutsas, the Noctes, etc. towards Indian mainland from Southeast Asian region further adds to the significance of this work. The present work is divided in ten sections. The sections I and II give a comprehensive account on the geography, and political history of the Tirap Valley and the Patkai region. The third section gives an account of Tribal Mythologies and Cosmogony. The fourth section discusses the history of the migration of Indians to South-East Asia from the age of Bhagwan Parshurama to the 600 CE and the migration of Kshatriya Tribes of South-East Asia, China and Mangolia to India from the early Medieval period and onwards. The fifth section deals with villages and the village society, its structure and the village administration. The sixth section discusses the tribal economy i.e. agricultural production and the seasons, farm technology, cropping pattern, etc. the seventh section discusses various stages in the life of an individual i.e. Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death etc. and the ceremonies and rituals. Section VIII is devoted to tribal culture and religion whereas Section IX gives a detailed account of the Tangsa Pantheon along with the gods/goddesses worshipped by the Tangsas and the whole study is summarized in Section X.