Book, printing, 201; B burning, 66

Boettger, inventor, 256

Boxer rebellion, 299

Boycott, 314

Brahmans, Indian caste, 34, 106

Brain drain, 326

Bronze, 17, 20, 22, 29, 33, 40, 106, 180-1
  (see Metal, Copper)

Brothel (Tea-house), 163, 217

Buddha, 46; Buddhism, 20, 106, 108-9, 125, 127, 133 ff., 145 ff., 150,
  161, 164, 168, 178, 179 ff., 188, 217, 218, 236, 257, 259, 266, 306
  (see Ch’an, Vinaya, Sects, Amithabha, Maitreya, Hinayana,
Mahayana, Monasteries, Church, Pagoda, Monks, Lamaism)

Budget, 168, 175, 209, 210, 215, 261
  (see Treasury, Inflation, Deflation)

Bullfights, 182

Bureaucracy, 24, 33, 63, 72;
  religious B, 25
  (see Administration; Army)

Burgher (liang-min), 143, 183, 216

Burma, 12, 146, 234, 248, 265, 269, 283, 318, 319, 322, 329, 330

Businessmen, 64
  (see Merchants, Trade)

Byzantium, 177

Calcutta, city, 283

Caliph (Khaliph), 185

Cambodia, 234, 295

Canals, 170, 246; Imperial C, 168, 235-6
  (see Irrigation)

Cannons, 232, 263

Canton (Kuang-chou), city, 67, 77, 89, 97, 159, 190, 209, 237, 262, 266,
  286, 287, 308, 309, 312, 314

Capital of Empire, 144
  (see Ch’ang-an, Si-an, Lo-yang, etc.)

Capitalism, 180-1, 212, 297, 303
  (see Investments, Banks, Money, Economy, etc.)

Capitulations (privileges of foreign nations), 273, 287, 290, 312, 316

Caravans, 86, 98, 121, 129, 181
  (see Silk road, Trade)

Carpet, 243

Castes, 106
  (see Brahmans)

Castiglione, G., painter, 281

Cattle, breeding, 155

Cavalry, 53
  (see Horse)

Cave temples, 146-7
  (see Lung-men, Yuen-kang, Tun-huang)

Censorate, 84

Censorship, 254

Census, 143
  (see Population)

Central Asia, 25, 87-88, 90, 113, 119, 135, 169, 179, 209, 259, 277, 330
  (see Turkestan, Sinkiang, Tarim, City States)

Champa, State, 249

Ch’an (Zen), meditative Buddhism, 164, 175, 218, 263

Chan-kuo Period (Contending States), 51 ff.

Chancellor, 82

Ch’ang-an, capital of China, 123, 127, 129, 167, 172, 176, 184, 185,
  190, 207
  (see Sian)

Chang Ch’ien, ambassador, 88

Chang Chue-chan, teacher, 265

Chang Hsien-chung, rebel, 268, 271

Chang Hsueeh-liang, war lord, 316

Chang Ling, popular leader, 101, 136, 147, 264

Chang Ti, ruler, 99

Chang Tsai, philosopher, 218

Chang Tso-lin, war lord, 312, 316