Heinz-Murray 2E.book

Index 489

Poetry
Chinese women and, 294
Hindu, 205–207
Japanese, 321
Korean, 348
Rama story in, 399
Poet-saints, Tamil, 206
Poland, Mongols in, 79
Politics, 8
Colonial India, 448–449
Indian Islamic, 226–227
of sangha, 272–273
Vietnamese, 463–464
Polities, centralized, 77
Pollution
in Ganges, 22–23
Indian caste system and,
198–200
Polo, Marco, 20, 78, 87, 88,
90, 443
Polynesian peoples, 50, 381
Polytheism, 197
Pondicherry, 382
Pope, European empires and,
443
Poppy (Papaver somniferum).
See Opium cultivation/
trade
Portugal, 371
Portuguese, 463
trade and missionization,
442, 443–446, 454–455
Postcolonialism, 435–436
Potala Palace, 102, 103(illus.)
Prasad, 205
Preah Kohn, Temple of,
386–387
Prehistoric period, in South-
east Asia, 379–382
Prevention of Atrocities Act,
179
Primogeniture, in Qin dynasty,
262
Princely states, 172
Prinsep, James, 66
Printing, 266
of Buddhist works, 63, 64,
269
Privilege, social identity and,
110

Property rights, 450

in China, 276–277,

284–285

Protestants, 362, 444

Proto-Austro-Tai-speaking

people, in southeast

China, 53, 54(illus.)

Proto-Chinese speakers, 54–55

Proto-Indo-European lan-

guages (PIE), 43, 45–46

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian,

50–51

Proto-Mongolians, 355

Proto-Shiva, 155(illus.), 156

Proto-Sino-Tibetan language,

distribution of, 53–54,

54(illus.)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman lan-

guage family, 51

Psychological analyses, of

Balinese, 425, 428, 439

Pundits, 18

Punjab, 149, 150

Sikhs in, 227, 229–230

Punjabi language, 46, 159

Punjabis, 144

Puputan, 423, 424(illus.)

Puranas, 143, 168, 197, 384

Purda (purdah), 179, 181, 182

Pure Land (Heaven), 214–215,

269, 335, 355

Pure Land Buddhism, 335,

336, 350

in Korea, 355–356, 358

Purity, caste system and, 198,

200

Purusha, 173, 174

Pusan, 364

Pu-tai (Budai), 271

Pyongyang, 235, 236, 364

Qiang tribes, 248

Qin dynasty, 55, 95, 259,

261–263

Qing dynasty, 100, 103, 118,

274, 275, 276, 280, 286,

363, 294

He family in, 281, 283

opium trade and, 455–456,

457

Qinghai (Chinghai) moun-

tains, 19

Qingming Festival (Tomb-

Sweeping Festival), 286,

287(illus.)

Qin Shihuang, Emperor, 6,

245, 274, 318, 383

terra-cotta army of, 247,

260–261(illus.)

unification of China,

261–263

Qin Unification, 300

Qufu, 274

Kong family graves in,

255(illus.), 286

Quran, 221, 225

Race, 36, 416

Rachewiltz, Igor de, 90

Racial theory, 35, 36

Radha, 207

Raffles, Stamford, 458

Rains, seasonal, 27–28

Rajadhamma (rajadharma),

165, 202, 214

Rajas, 159, 415

Rajasthan, 149(illus.)

Rajputs, 167, 168(illus.), 177,

180

Ram, 168

Rama, 160, 164, 182, 197,

207, 398

and Ramayana, 161–163

and Sita, 183–184

Rama I, 398–399

Rama III, 399

Rama IV (Mongkut), 396

Rama V (Chulalongkorn),

399, 465–466

Rama VII, 399

Rama IX, 372, 398

Ramakien, 383, 399,

399(illus.)

Ramanujan, A. K., 205

Ramayana, 159, 160,

161–163, 171, 202, 207,

383, 384

Thai version of, 398–399

Ram Kamheng (Ramkem-

heng), King, 395, 398