Hill Farms and Padi Fields. Life in Mainland Southeast Asia

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ples of Southeast Asia. Between 1g54 and 1956 Dr. Burling studied the ethnology of the Garn tribe in Assam as a Ford

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Foundation fellow. In 1959-1960 he lectured at the University of Rangoon in Burma under the Fulbright program. Dr. Burling, who received his P11.D. from Harvard Univer-

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Royalty, .see Kings, Class system. Rubber, 124, 133, 143

s Sacrifices, 42, 49, 57-58

Naga tribes, 59-60, 156-157 Names, personal and family, 96, 100 Nanchang, 93| 943 95 Negritoes, 19"26 Neolithic, 33-36

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Rice liquor, 49, 58 Rice soul, 53

Mongols, 87, 95

Music, 73,

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Mon kingdom, 8, 74, 85-87 Mon language, 94, 164

Monkhood, 77, '79, 83, 85, 88»9o, 104, 111, t 16, 139

Rangoon, 87,

Ramayana, 6g-70

Samrong Sen, 35-36 Sanskrit, 68-69 Sawbwa, 95-96 Schools, see Education.

Sculpture, 64, 70, '75 Shadow plays, 69 Shans, 7, 8, 59 872 93» 95-97» Shan language, 95, 163 Shivaism, 67-68, 77, 97

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Index

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Shopkeepers, 114, 136-139 Sihanouk, Norodorn, 154 Sinanthropus, i n

Topography, 5, 7-8 Tour goo dynasty, 123 Trade, 25, 59, 64-66, 118-120

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Transportation, 124, 129

Singapore, Q

127, 134, 147

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Spain, Spice Islands Spice trade, 65. Spirits, 3, In among tribes, 20, 50, 58; Thailand, 86, Burmese é, 104, Vietnam, 106, 111-112, 1 1 7 Stone tools, 12-14, 17-18, 33-36

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Tamils in Malaya, 143

Tang dynasty, 106 Taoism, 83, 116 Tea, 53» 58-59

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v Viet Minh, 152-153 Vietnam, 77, 105-117, 1 2 3 , 126, 132, 152-154 Vietnamese language, log, 164 Villages, Chinese, 134; of hill tribes, 43, 52, 56, 60, Thai, g7-98; Vietnamese. 109-113

Tenasserim, 125 Thaton, 85 Thailand, Buddhism in, 79, 84, 104; Chinese in, 132, 134, 141, 143, history of, 74, 93-97, ug, 123, 125-127, 150, 147, modern, 97-104, 1 1 1 , 155-156 Thai language, 93-94, 163166 Theravada Buddhism, 84, 86, 97, go, 116

Tibetan Buddhism, 85 Tibeto-Burmese languages, 40, 93, 162163, 1 6 6 _ F --.. .. .. , 119, 124 Tobacco, 38, go,

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w Warfare, 6, Wat, 104

illsnéhunting, 5g-61

Weather, 8-1 I White Thai, 61 Women, position Q 2. 25, 47, go-mo, 114, 135, 138 World 'Nar 11, T132, 134, 144» 147' 149- 155 Writing systems, 68-69, 109, 120, 130

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Young Men's Buddhist Association, Yunnan, 10, 93-95

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