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Index 483

Rama and, 161–163
Shang dynasty, 249–250
temple building, 202
Thai death rituals for,
395–398
Kinship, 372, 386
in China, 252, 276–277,
280, 284
Hmong, 126–128
Kira, 328
Kishan Garhi, 177
Koan, 338
Kofun (Old Tombs) Period,
301, 302, 304
Koguryo, 236–237
Koguryo (Goguryeo) king-
dom, 353–355
Koguryo Tombs, 355
Koh-i-Noor diamond, 230
Kojiki (Japanese chronicle),
301, 303, 317, 348
Koli, 179
Komyo, Empress, 317
Kong family, 274
graveyard of, 255(illus.), 286
Kong Shangren, 274
Konjaku Monogatari, 330
Kono-mama, 339
Korea, 28, 215, 235, 344,
345–346
Choson dynasty, 359–362
and Japan, 303, 309, 314,
315, 364–365
as Japanese colony,
365–366
Koguryo and, 236–237
Koryo dynasty, 357–359
origin myths, 347–348
shamanism, 348–353
Three Kingdoms Period,
353–357
Tonghak Movement in,
362–363
Korean language, 48
written, 71, 72–73, 361–362
Korean War, 366, 36(illus.)
Koryo dynasty, 348
Buddhism and, 357–358
and Yuan Dynasty,
358–359

Kosala, 149, 159, 160

Koshala, 211

Kotodama (word-mana), 58

Kovind, Ram Nath, 179

Kowtow, 454

Koya, Mt., 336

Krakatau (Krakatoa), eruption

of, 23–24

Krishna, 162(illus.), 163, 168,

175, 197, 205, 207

Kshatriyas (varna), 160, 167,

173, 174, 180, 227

Kuala Lumpur, 391, 415,

460

Kublai Khan, 48, 79, 98,

99–100, 102, 275, 390

conquests of, 96–97

Marco Polo and, 88, 90

Kubrick, Stanley, 2001: A Space

Odyssey, 92

Kuching, 411(illus.)

Kukai (monk), 336

Kumarajiva, 268–269

Kumbapettai, 177

Kumhar caste, 176

Kung-fu monks, 273

Kunming Province, 102

Kung Tsui-chang, 255

Kuru, 149, 159, 160

Kuruba, 177

Kurukshetra, battle of, 388

Kushinagar, 209

Kyoto, 297(illus.), 299, 320,

328, 329, 341, 467

Kyrgyzstan, 78, 83

Kyunyo, 357, 358

Kwan’um, 351

Kyushu, 299, 302, 347

Labor, 178, 399, 388, 460

cultivation systems,

122–123

state needs for, 108–9

“Lady with Fan” (Ju Qing),

294

Lahu peoples, 120

Lakshman, 161

Lakshmi, 182, 205

La Loubere, Simon, 408

Lamaism, 103

Land, 122, 177, 299

He lineage, 281–282

ownership of, 177, 276–277,

365, 450, 451

Land Dayaks (Bidayuh), 417

Land reforms, 319, 365

Langlois, John D., Jr., 275

Language(s), 8, 41, 45, 241

and identity, 111–112

spread of, 47–48

Language families, 5

Austroasiatic, 48, 49

Austronesian, 48

Austro-Tai, 49–51

dispersal of, 47–48

Indo-European as, 5,

43–46

Sino-Tibetan, 5, 51–57

Lanka, 394

Lansing, J. Stephen, 384

on Balinese agriculture,

32–33

Lao (language), 42, 48

Lao (people), 49, 53, 116

Laos, 42, 48, 108, 118, 126,

372, 377, 398, 461

France and, 371, 465

Hmong in, 115–116, 117,

120

Plain of Jars in, 381

Laozi (Lao Tsu), 254

philosophy of, 256–260

Lapita culture, 381

Latin, 5, 45, 55

Laughing Buddha, 271

Law

in foreign enclaves, 458,

465

Qin Shihuang’s codifica-

tion of, 262

Sharia, 221, 225, 392

shogunate, 328

Law of avoidance, 264

Law on Regional Autonomy

for Minority Nationalities

(China), 110

Leach, Edmund, 115, 122

Learning, 97, 321, 445

Le Coq, von, on Taklamakan,

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