476 Index
Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea (DPRK), 345
Denpassar, raja of, 423,
424(illus.)
Deserts, Gobi and Taklam-
akan, 15, 17–18
“Desire, Danger, and the
Body” (Carlitz), 290
Devanagari, 57, 66, 67(illus.)
Devaraja, 6
Devi (Shakti), 168, 197
Dewi Danu (Goddess of the
Lake), 25, 33–34
Dhammananda, 407
Dharamshala, 103
Dharma (cosmic order), 61,
175, 212
of women, 179, 181, 182,
184
Dharmapala, Anagarika, 208
Dharmarajas, 6, 382
Dharmashastras, 384
Dharmashoka, 214
Dialects. Chinese, 55–57
Diamond-Hard Wisdom of Mind
(Suzuki Shosan), 337
Diamond Sutra, 63, 64, 269,
356
Diaries
Japanese court, 321–325
tea, 341
Dikes, on Huanghe River,
19–20
Diseases, Ganges River and,
22–23
Divination, 68, 135(illus.),
289, 313
Divinity
of ancestors, 250
of emperors, 309, 312
of god-kings, 13
in Sufism, 222, 223
of writing, 57–58
Division of labor. See Gender
roles
Divorce, in China, 285
Djapara, 393
DNA studies, of human ori-
gins, 35–36
Doctrine of lapse, 451
Dogen (monk), 336
Dogs, in Shang dynasty buri-
als, 248
Doms, 199(illus.), 200
Dong-son culture, 380
Doniger, Wendy, 159
Dowry
Hmong, 132
in India, 181–182, 185,
186, 187(illus.)
Dragon Bone Hill (Zhouk-
oudian), 35
Dragon bones, 34, 67–68, 246
Drake, Francis, 446
Drama. See Ramayana
Dravidian languages, 41, 46
Dravidians, Dravidian-speak-
ers, and Indus Valley Civ-
ilization, 153–154
Dress, and social status, 265,
265(illus.)
Drums, from Dong-Son, 380
Dry-rice culture. See Swidden
cultivation
DuBois, Cora, The People of
Alor, 428
Du Fu (Tu Fu), 244
Duhkha (suffering, sorrow),
211
Dunhuang (Jade Gate), 18,
61–62, 91(illus.), 263
Buddhist monastery in,
216, 267, 268
Caves of the Thousand
Buddhas in, 61–64
Dupleix, 449
Durga, 168, 182, 191(illus.)
Dutch, Dutch Empire, 123,
415, 446
in Bali, 385, 423
and Indonesia, 114, 377,
458
Japan and, 444, 445
in Southeast Asia, 371,
447, 458, 462
“Dutch Learning,” in Japan,
445
Dvaravati, 389
Dynastic shedding, 326
Dynasties, 6Earthquakes, 13, 15, 16(map),
17, 187
East Asia, 3, 5
Buddhism in, 218(illus.),
219
civilization in, 235–237
Eastern Zhou dynasty, 252,
259
East India Company (Dutch),
171, 446, 462
East India Company (Brit-
ish), 143, 149, 437(illus.),
446, 447, 459, 461, 462
India and, 171–172, 223,
448, 449–451
opium trade and, 123,
453–454
East Indies, 378
East Timor, Portugal and, 371
East Turkestan, 101
Ebrey, Patricia, 263, 274, 290
Eck, Diana, Darshan, 205
Economics, of caste system,
175–178
Economies
British-Indian links and,
450–451
Ecosystems, rice cultures and,
30
Edo, 466, 467
Tokugawa shogunate in,
328, 329
Education, 238, 266, 321, 405,
441
of Chinese women,
293–294
in Korea, 365–366
Eightfold Path of Buddhism,
211, 212
Eisai (monk), 336, 341
Elites, 55, 108
in China, 238, 242, 252,
266
Confucian, 263–267
and Hangul script, 361–362
in India, 144, 172
in Japan, 299, 303, 304,
326
Muslim, 226
Sikh, 228, 230