TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mullard,Saul
TI  - Opening the hidden land : state formation and the construction of Sikkimese history 
T2  - Brill's Tibetan studies library
SN  - 9789004208957
AV  - DS485.S55 M85 2011
U1  - 954.167 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden 
PB  - Brill
KW  - Buddhism and politics
KW  - India
KW  - Sikkim
KW  - Sikkim (India)
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Local historical narratives : Tibeto-Sikkimese origins and the establishment of the Sikkimese state -- Justifying 'state formation' : territorial expansion and the formation of law -- Religion and politics in early Sikkim : the case of Mnga' bdag phun tshogs rig 'dzin -- Lha btsun chen po and the formation of Sikkim -- Revisiting the state and political formation of early Sikkim -- Bhutan , Sikkim and British India : the arrival of 'Jigs med dpa' bo and the construction of historical narratives -- Conclusion : remarks on Sikkimese state formation and the construction of historical narratives
ER  -