The Khmer Lands of Vietnam: Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty

Index

Index 299 299 Index Abbots, 19, 20, 35, 59, 62, 63, 95, 105, 117, 126–7, 149, 184, 236, 241–2, 246, 250, 265, 271 Abductions during wartime, 186, 264 in legends, 29, 164, 166, 264 Achars, xiv, 35, 59, 116–7, 126, 131, 143, 145, 241, 248 Acid soil, 9, 11, 102, 112, 197, 255, 288 Acid sulphates, 102 Acidic water, 6, 9–11, 139, 173, 197, 203, 255 Agricultural intensification, 60, 91–2, 99, 153, 186, 244 Airports, 51, 207, 256, 276 Alluvial apron, 178, 168–9, 171, 173–4, 179, 182, 184, 187, 189, 194–5, 199, 202 Alluvial soil, 47, 128, 275 Alluvium, 6, 33, 102, 110, 112, 274 Alms round, ix, 17, 59, 94, 109, 110, 114–5, 146–7, 150, 196, 263, 281 by boat, 110, 115, 146–7 decline of, 121, 149, 212, 246 spirits as donors, 167, 196 Vietnamese monks as recipients, 197 Alum, 281 Amulets, 57, 99, 181, 225, 226, 231, 264 An Giang province (Moat Chrouk), 162, 178, 186, 202, 208–9, 211, 215, 285 Ancestor festival (pchum ben, bon donta), 40–1, 180–1, 246 Ancestors, xi, 41, 98, 137, 241, 244 ritual veneration of, 40–1, 143–4, 180–1, 189, 248 Angkor, 2, 10, 14, 20, 72, 105, 134, 164, 256, 283 Angkor Borei, 164, 165 Animal-human interactions, 55–6, 78, 117, 129, 130–3, 193, 227–8 Ants, 77 Apocalypse, 1, 27–8, 61, 184 Aqueducts, 187, 189 Aquifer, 10, 45, 71, 149 Arak, 167 Archaeology of Kampuchea Krom, 63, 135, 164, 195, 221, 223, 283 Areca, 106, 130, 230, 282 Army bases, 51, 108, 118, 188 Art, 2, 64, 65, 73, 241, 270–1, 282 Ashes, of deceased, 35, 72, 189 Assimilation, xii, 2, 21, 26–7, 70, 104, 129, 150, 151, 242, 249, 259, 263, 274 Aymonier, Etienne, 22, 104, 137, 164, 222, 274, 279 300 Index Bac Lieu province (Plieu), 31, 37–8, 68–74, 79–80, 86, 97, 129, 132, 134, 136, 276, 279, 282, 283, 284 Backwardness attributed to Khmers, x, 3, 15, 18, 32, 66, 252, 264 Bamboo, 54, 106, 114, 138, 139, 184, 201, 277 basket ware, 74, 82 in construction, 112, 113, 138, 211, 229 in fishing, 139 water supply pipes, 174, 201 Bananas, 106, 112, 113, 119, 170, 202, 215 in offerings, 41, 132, 135 Bao Dai, 24 Barges, 277 Baria-Vung Tau, 222, 240, 243 Basalt soils, 219, 226, 233 Bassac River, 10, 31, 41, 54, 62–4, 66, 68–70, 76, 82, 92, 100, 102, 104, 105–7, 110–1, 119, 120, 124–5, 128, 162, 177, 193, 194, 258, 260, 261, 273, 277 Bats, 191 Beach mulberry (Noni tree), 71, 276 Beach ridge, 197, 198 Bees, 140, 202 Ben Tre province (Kompong Russei), 104 Bien Hoa, 222 Binh Duong province, 227, 240, 243, 247, 290 Binh Minh district, 107, 118 Binh Phuoc province, 221, 224–5, 226–7, 228, 231, 233, 235, 236, 239, 240, 241, 289 Birds, 54, 117, 140, 171 Bird-catching nets, 140 Black Buddha statues, 123–5 Boat landings, 55, 62, 77, 87, 113–4, 136, 147 Boats cargo, 79, 93, 115, 142 fishing, 71, 77, 141, 205, 215 for alms round, 110, 115, 146–7 for transporting water, 10, 140, 141, 146, 152, 276, 281, 287 in ritual offerings, 40, 41 magical, 153–61 mechanisation of, 77, 79, 113, 141, 147, 152, 176, 205, 256, 284 ocean-going, 71–3, 97, 205–7 passenger, 79, 80, 141, 142, 159, 207 races, 88, 89, 91, 147, 151, 155, 156, 160, 278 residence upon, 7, 272 rowing, 41, 77, 113, 140, 146, 147, 152 royal, 29, 153–5, 157, 161, 166, 266 sailing, 73, 79, 113, 153, 166, 207, 209 shipwrecked, 39, 76, 153–60, 166, 266 Bombing, 75, 86, 118, 121, 123, 148, 184, 210, 215, 278, 284, 289 Border (Thai–Cambodia), 32, 37, 162 Border (Vietnam–Cambodia), x, 4, 8, 11, 12, 102, 103, 111, 162–3, 219–20, 238, 258, 263, 264 exchanges and links across, xiii, 163, 177, 181–3, 188–90, 207–8, 213, 220, 225, 231–3, 235, 239, 270, 289 Index 301 Border war (Vietnam–Cambodia), 25, 163, 184–6, 211, 234–5, 260, 286–7 Bores, for water extraction, 10, 86, 281 Botumawong (mythical king), 49, 51 Boules (game), ix Brahmanism, 53, 56, 65, 99, 164 Buddha as magically powerful, 55, 241 footprints, 37, 221 journeys to the Mekong delta...