470 Index
Ang Duong, King, 464–465
Angkor
Buddhism in, 394
France and, 464, 465
Indianized culture of, 384,
386–388
Angkor Thom, 394
Angkor Wat, 204, 387–388
Anglo-Burmese Wars, 462
Anglo-Dutch Treaty, 458
Anglo-Saxon, 45
Angra Mainyu, 92
Anitya (impermanence), 212
Aniwara family, 326
Annam, 464
Ansari, 226
Anthropology, anthropolo-
gists, 113
in Bali, 423, 425–429
in Southeast Asia, 372–373
Anuradhapura, 394
Anurudha, King, 394
Anyang, 68
royal cemetery at, 246–248
Aoun, 221
Arabia, 442
Arab Islam, 145
Arabs
and India, 143, 169
trade, 123, 415, 442
Arakan, 462
Arakanese, 462
Archaeology, 93, 304
in China, 245, 246–248,
260, 261(illus.), 385
on rice cultivation, 29–30
Southeast Asia, 379–381
Architecture
Buddhist, 203(illus.)
Hindu, 204(illus.)
Islamic, 169, 203(illus.)
Japanese, 309, 310(illus.),
325
in Mughal Empire, 171
Thai, 462
Archives
Chinese family, 280–281
Shang dynasty, 246, 248
Arcot, 449
Arhat, 214, 405
Arikamedu, Indo-Roman
trade site at, 382, 383
Aristocracy, in China, 55,
263–264
Arjun, Guru, 228, 229
Arjuna, Prince, 162(illus.),
163, 175
Army, British East India Com-
pany, 171–172
Art, artists
Akbar, 170–171
Buddhist, 62, 63(illus.),
217–218(illus.)
Chinese, 294
Dong-son culture, 380
Gandhara, 216
in India, 187(illus.),
206(illus.)
in Japan, 314, 316, 337
Japanese illustration and,
324–325
Orientalism in, 439–440
terra-cotta army, 260,
261(illus.)
in Zen culture, 340–341
Arthashastra (Kautilya), 165
Art of Being Governed: An Anar-
chist History of Upland
Southeast Asia, The
(Scott), 80, 107–108
Aryabhata, 167
Aryans, 149, 154
Vedic Age, 157, 159–160
Aryavarta, 143
Asan, 364
Asano, Lord (daimyo), 328,
332
Asceticism, ascetics, 164, 195,
196, 196(illus.)
Buddhist as, 210, 401,
404–405
Sikh, 229
Ashoka, Emperor/King, 6,
203, 231n2, 318
brahmi script and, 65, 66,
67, 383
Buddhism and, 59, 65, 149,
165–166, 193, 207, 208,
209, 213–214, 263
Ashokan brahmi script, 66Ashokavadana (“The Legend
of King Ashoka”),
213–214
Ashramadharma, 201–202
Ashraf, 226
Ashrams, 202
Asia, 3–4, 5, 14(map)
Assam, 461, 462
Assassination, of Indira Gan-
dhi, 230
Assimilation, 118, 336, 391
by dominant culture,
114–115
to Japanese Empire,
365–366
Astrology, 153, 222
Astronomy
Angkor Wat, 387
Indian, 153, 384
Asuka Period (Japan), 313, 314
Atma (inner soul), 194–195
Atman (soul, self), 149, 337
Aurangzeb, 171, 223, 229
Australia, 37n2, 3, 116
human settlement of, 23,
48–49, 379
Australians, 36
Australo-Melanesians, 379
Austroasiatic language family,
48, 49
Austroasiatic people, 379
Austronesian language fam-
ily, 8, 48
Austronesian-speaking peo-
ples, 8, 381
Austro-Tai language family,
distribution of, 49–51
Autonomous Regions
Tibet as, 103–104
Xinjiang as, 100–102
Autonomy, regional, 110
Ava, 461
Avalokiteshvara, 214, 271,
357, 358–359
Avatars (incarnations), Shinto
deities as, 317–318
Axial age, 6
Ayodhya, 160, 161, 184
Ayutthaya, 394, 395, 398, 399,
461–62