Heinz-Murray 2E.book

Index 471

Baab, 403
Baan Phraan Muan, 400, 401,
402
Babur, 161, 169, 222, 227, 447
Baburnama, The, 222
Bacterial load, in Ganges, 23
Bactria, 83
Badung, 385
Baektu, Mt., 348
Bahadur, Tegh (Guru), 228,
229
Bahadur Shah (Zafar) II,
Emperor, 171, 451, 452
Baha’is, 193
Bakumatsu, 466
Bali, 8, 7, 23, 25, 50, 372, 377,
381, 413
anthropological studies in,
425–429, 439
cockfighting in, 429–430
Indianized culture of,
385–386
mass suicide in, 423,
424(illus.)
ritual and agriculture in,
32–35
Balinese Character: A Photo-
graphic Analysis (Bateson
and Mead), 425,
426–427(illus.)
Baluchistan, Dravidian speak-
ers in, 153–154
Bamboo Annals, 246
Banana Garden Poetry Soci-
ety, 294
Banares (Banaras), opium
trade, 453
Banda Island, 447
Bando Minosuke, 329(illus.)
Bangkok, 319, 395, 398
Bangladesh, 143, 145, 146n1,
172, 193, 227
Ban Na Di, 380
Barbarians, 91, 93, 107, 301
China’s views of, 118, 244,
262, 275–276
Barnes, Gina, 347
Barney-Smalley system, 121
Barong, 428
Batavia, 447

Bateson, Gregory, 423, 425

Battles

of Kurukshetra, 388

of Plassey, 449

Battuta, Ibn, 94

Batur, Lake, 25, 33

Batur, Mt., eruption of, 25

Bears, in Korean culture, 348

Bear-woman, 348

Becker, J. L., 57

Beckwith, Christopher I., 86

Beijing (Peking), 13, 20, 57,

99, 251

Bells, bronze, 304

Bellwood, Peter, 379

Bengal, famine in, 449–450

Bengal, Diwani of, 172

Bengal, Bay of, 22

Bengal Delta, 21

Bengali language, 46, 159

Bengalis, 144, 391

Berawan, 413

mortuary rites in, 419–421

Berry, Mary Elizabeth, 331

Bhagavad-Gita (Song of God),

163, 175

Bhakti devotionalism, 205–207

Bharat, 143

Bharata, King, 143

Bharatiya Janata Party, 179

Bhishma, 163

Bhumihars, 177, 178

Bhumibol, King, 382

mortuary rituals for,

396–397

Bumiputera, 110, 111

Bhutan, 143, 145, 193, 209

Bidayuh (Land Dayaks), 417

“Big Sisters” of Asia. See

China; India

Bihar, 187, 209(illus.), 453

British East India Com-

pany in, 172, 449

Buddha in, 207, 211

village caste system in,

177–178

Biogeographical regions, Wal-

lace’s Line and, 23

Bitcoin, Silk Road, 86

Black Hole of Calcutta, 449

Black hurricanes, 17, 19

Blue Hmong (Hmong Njua),

120, 121

Board of Customs, Salt, and

Opium (India), 454

Boat people, identity of, 114

Bodh Gaya, 207, 208–209

Bodhidharma (Daruma), 271,

341

Bodhisattvas, 214, 372

in China, 270–271,

270(illus.)

in Japan, 315, 317–318, 336

in Korea, 351, 357–358

Bodhisena, 318

Bodhi tree (Tree of Enlighten-

ment), 208, 209(illus.),

211

Bohai Sea, 20

Bokhara, 18

Boling, 263

Bombay, British East India

Company in, 171, 448

Books, palm leaf, 60–61,

60(illus.)

Borneo, 23, 50, 371, 413

British colonialism on,

460–461

ethnographic research in,

415–418

head-hunting in, 418–419

mortuary rituals in,

419–421

Brahman (god, Brahma,

Paratma), 194–195, 197

Brahmanas, 149

Brahmanism, 167, 168, 173,

193

Brahmans (caste), 7, 41, 42,

164, 167, 173, 174, 177,

180, 185(illus.),

199(illus.), 207, 384

as clean/pure, 198, 200

Brahmans (varna), 160

Brahmaputra River, 21, 54,

145

Brahmi script, 58, 65–67,

188n1, 383

Brahmacharya, 201

Brideprice, Hmong, 132