Index 487Nagas, 180, 385, 401, 402
Nagasaki, Dutch in, 445
Nagasena, 394
Nagoya, 299
Naiman, 97
Naka no Oye, Prince, 319
Nakatomi clan, 315, 319
Naksatras (Nasatiya), 159
Nalanda, 209
Nambokucho Period (Japan),
282
Names, naming, Confucian,
289
Nanak, Guru, 193, 227–228,
229, 231n4
Nana Sahib of Oudh, 451
Nanchao, 390
Nanjing Massacre (1937), 237,
457
Nanshomai, 302
Nanxiong, He lineage in, 282,
283
Nara, 318, 320
sutra copying, 316–317
Nara Basin, 299, 303–304
Nara Period (Japan), 305, 314
Narcotics rings, opium pro-
duction and, 126
Narrative of Various Journeys in
Balochistan, Afghanistan,
the Punjab an Kalat (Mas-
son), 149
Naruhito, Crown Prince, 305
Nationalism, 172, 436
Korean, 349, 354–355
Sikh, 229–230
Nationalities, in China, 119
Nation-states, 110, 371–372
Nature, Hmong relationships
with, 133–134
Navy, Korean, 364
Negri Sembilan, 460
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 143, 144,
172
at Bodh Gaya, 208–209
Nembutsu, 336
Neo-Confucianism, 267,
274–276, 289, 293
in Japan, 333, 335
in Korea, 359–361
Neolithic cultures, 29, 49, 242,
379, 380
Nepal, 15, 18, 21, 143, 145, 193
Buddhism in, 169, 209, 216
Nepali language, 46
Nestorian Christianity, 91, 275
New Culture, 286
New Guinea, 23, 37n3, 371,
377
human settlement of, 23,
48–49, 379
New Territories (Hong Kong),
naming customs in, 289
New Year celebrations,
Hmong, 131, 132
New Zealand, Hmong in, 116
Nguyen Anh, 463–464
Nguyen dynasty, 445, 463–464
Niah Cave, jar burials in, 381
Nietzsche, Friedrich, Thus
Spoke Zarathustra, 92
Nigimitama (power), of kami,
306
Nihon, 314
Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of
Japan), 301, 303, 305,
308, 309, 312, 317, 348
Ninigi (Japan), 311
Nirvana, 214–215, 271
Nobility, Shang dynasty,
249–250
Nobunaga, 444
Nogi Marsuke, General, 332
Nogi Shizuko, 332
Nomadic groups, 8, 94
as barbarians, 91, 93
in Central Asia, 17–18, 78,
84
women in, 93–94
Nomya village, 121, 127
Norman, Jerry, 55
Norodom, King, 464, 465
North China, 19, 20, 55
Northern Wei dynasty, Bud-
dhism and, 267–268
North India, 57, 67, 449
Delhi Sultanate, 78, 169
Indo-Aryan branch in,
45–46
Upanishads in, 194–196North Korea, 236, 237, 345,
366, 367–368
Novels, Japanese, 321–325
Nuns, Buddhist, 267, 272,
323, 407–408Oasis towns, on Silk Road,
18–19
Oceans, early travel across,
379–380
Oc Eo site, 385
Offerings, at Hmong funerals,
130
Ogodei Khan, 99
Okinawa, 303, 347
Okkaligas, 177
Old Buddhism (500–1 B.C.E.),
213–214, 217(illus.), 219
Old Choson, 348
Oldenburg, Veena Talwar, 188
Old Tombs Period (Yayoi
period), 301
One-child policy (China), 110,
138n1
Opium cultivation/trade
in China, 454–457
Hmong, 116, 123–125
India and, 453–454
Opium Wars (1840–1842),
123, 363, 457, 462
Oracle bones, Chinese use of,
68, 242, 248, 249
Oral tradition, 46, 59
Orang Asli peoples, 111
Ordination, of Buddhist
monks, 405–407
Orientalism, and colonialism,
439–441
Orientalism (Said), 439
Orissa, 172, 449
Ortner, Sherry, 181
Osaka, 299, 444
Other Backward Castes
(OBCs), 179, 180–181
Ottoman Empire, 79, 169
Ouyang Xiu (Ou-yang Hsiu),
280
Overlords, in Japan, 326
Overseas Chinese, 243, 287
in Southeast Asia, 390–391