6; for Taiwanese village
life, see Bernard Gallin, _Hsin Hsing, Taiwan: A Chinese Village in
Change_, Berkeley 1966.

INDEX

Abahai, ruler
Abdication
Aborigines
Absolutism (_see_ Despotism, Dictator, Emperor, Monarchy)
Academia Sinica
Academies
Administration;
provincial
(_see_ Army, Feudalism, Bureaucracy)
Adobe (Mud bricks)
Adoptions
Afghanistan
Africa
Agriculture;
development;
Origin of;
of Shang;
shifting (denshiring)
(_see_ Wheat, Millet, Rice, Plough, Irrigation, Manure, Canals,
Fallow)
An Ti, ruler of Han
Ainu, tribes
Ala-shan mountain range
Alchemy (_see_ Elixir)
Alexander the Great
America (_see_ United States)
Amithabha, god
Amur, river
An Chi-yeh, rebel
An Lu-shan, rebel
Analphabetism
Anarchists
Ancestor, cult
Aniko, sculptor
Animal style
Annam (Vietnam)
Anyang (Yin-ch'ue)
Arabia;
Arabs
Architecture
Aristocracy (_see_ Nobility, Feudalism)
Army, cost of;
organization of;
size of;
Tibetan
(_see_ War, Militia, tu-tu, pu-ch'ue)
Art, Buddhist (_see_ Animal style, Architecture, Pottery, Painting,
Sculpture, Wood-cut)
Arthashastra, book, attributed to Kautilya
Artisans;
Organizations of
(_see_ Guilds, Craftsmen)
Assimilation (_see_ Colonization)
Astronomy
Austroasiatics
Austronesians
Avars, tribe (_see_ Juan-juan)
Axes, prehistoric
Axis, policy

Babylon
Baghdad, city
Balasagun, city
Ballads
Banks
Banner organization
Barbarians (Foreigners)
Bastards
Bath
Beg, title
Beggar
Bengal
Boat festival
Bokhara (Bukhara), city
Bon, religion
Bondsmen (_see pu-ch'ue_, Serfs, Feudalism)
Book, printing;
B burning
Boettger, inventor
Boxer rebellion
Boycott
Brahmans, Indian caste
Brain drain
Bronze (_see_ Metal, Copper)
Brothel (Tea-house)
Buddha;
Buddhism
(_see_ Ch'an, Vinaya, Sects, Amithabha, Maitreya, Hinayana,
Mahayana, Monasteries, Church, Pagoda, Monks, Lamaism)
Budget (_see_ Treasury, Inflation, Deflation)
Bullfights
Bureaucracy;
religious B
(_see_ Administration; Army)
Burgher (_liang-min_)
Burma
Businessmen (_see_ Merchants, Trade)
Byzantium

Calcutta, city
Caliph (Khaliph)
Cambodia
Canals;
Imperial C
(_see_ Irrigation)
Cannons
Canton (Kuang-chou), city
Capital of Empire (_see_ Ch'ang-an, Sian,