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Index 491

Sabah, 415
Sacred cities, 383
Sacredness
Balinese views on, 34
of writing, 57–59
Sacred texts, 5, 6, 7, 45, 269,
384
at Caves of the Thousand
Buddhas, 62–64
Chinese acquisition of,
59–60
fragility of, 60–61
Shang dynasty, 247, 248
Zhou dynasty, 250
Sadhus (sanyasis), 201,
201(illus.)
Sages. See Confucius; Laozi
Sahananda, Swami, 178
Sahlins, Marshall, on tribes,
109–110
Sa Huynh site, 382
Saicho (monk), Tendai Bud-
dhism and, 335–336
Said, Edward, Orientalism,
439
Saigon, Nguyen Anh in, 464
Saints
Buddhist, 214
Sufi, 223
Sakya, 164
Sakyamuni, 271
Salvation, in Buddhism, 214,
269–270, 271, 336
Salween River, 19, 54
Samarkand, 18, 86
Sambandar, 206
Sampson, Geoffrey, on Japa-
nese writing, 71–72
Samsara, 149, 195
Samurai class, 326, 328–330
and Christianity, 444, 445
Confucian values and,
333–335
hwarang as, 356–357
as martial arts culture,
329–330
Meiji Era and, 466–467
vassal loyalty in, 331–332
Zen Buddhism and,
336–337

Sanchi, stupa at, 66,

203(illus.), 207

Sanemori, 306

Sanggar, raja of, 25

Sangha, 212–213

politics of, 272–273

Sanguk sagi (History of the

Three Kingdoms), 348

Sanguk yusa (Memorabilia of

the Three Kingdoms), 348

Sanitation engineering, Indus

Valley Civilization, 154

Sanshin, 349

San sillyon nim, 350–351

Sanskrit Canon, 394

Sanskrit, Sanskritic culture, 5,

45, 46, 57, 59, 143, 149,

157, 385

Jones study of, 42–43

Kautilya’s text, 164–165

in Southeast Asia, 372, 384

Santhals, 177, 178, 180

Santri Islam, 392

Sanur, 385

Sanyasis (sadhus), 201

Sanyasu, 202

Saraswati, 168, 182

Sarawak, 381, 415, 416

Brooke family on, 460–461

Dayak longhouses on,

417–418

head-hunting in, 418–419

mortuary rituals, 419–421

Sarawak River, 411(illus.)

Sarmatians, 93

Sarnath, 209

Sati (Suttee), 168, 186, 188

Satimata, 188

Satori, 338–339

Satsuma, 467

Sayyid Muhammad, 223

Scheduled Castes (SCs)

(India), 179, 230, 231

Scheduled Tribes (STs)

(India), 111, 179

Scholar-gentry (shi), 264–265

Scholar-officials, in Korea,

359–361

Scholarship, scholars, in

China, 7–8, 264, 266, 286

Schools

in Korea, 365

Quranic, 392

Song dynasty, 266

tea, 341

wat, 405

Scott, James C., The Art of

Being Governed: An Anar-

chist History of Upland

Southeast Asia, 80, 107–10

Scripts, 6, 8, 59, 64

Brahmi, 65, 66–67, 188n1

in China, 45, 67–71, 241,

262, 347

Hangul, 361–62

in Indus Valley Civiliza-

tion, 154–156

Korean and Japanese,

71–73, 361

Southeast Asian, 382–383

Scrolls

Chinese, 61, 63(illus.), 64

Japanese, 324–325, 328

sutra copying on, 317

Sculptures

Buddhist, 216,

217–218(illus.)

temple, 202, 205

Scythians, Scythia, women’s

roles, 93, 94

Sea Dayaks (Iban), 417

Seals, Indus Valley, 154,

155(illus.), 156

Seclusion. See Purda

Second Anglo-Burmese War

(1852), 462

Secret History of the Mongols,

98–99

Secret sects, in China, 273

Seismic activity. See Earth-

quakes

Sejong the Great, King, Han-

gul script of, 72–73, 361,

362

Selangor, 460

Semai, 8

Sembiran, 382

Semitic scripts, 67

Sendos, 113

Senso, 311