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Author Mullard, Saul, 1979-

Title Opening the hidden land : state formation and the construction of Sikkimese history / by Saul Mullard.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 26
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 26.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary Using seventeenth and eighteenth century sources from the former Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, this book examines the construction of Sikkimese historiography and presents an interpretation of the history of state formation of Sikkim.
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Subject Sikkim (India) -- History.
Sikkim (India) -- Politics and government.
Sikkim (India) -- Civilization.
Buddhism and politics -- India -- Sikkim.
Buddhism and politics.
India -- Sikkim.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Mullard, Saul, 1979- Opening the hidden land. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004208957 (DLC) 2011030951 (OCoLC)745428756
ISBN 9789004208964 (electronic book)
9004208968 (electronic book)
1283326868
9781283326865
9789004208957
900420895X
Standard No. 9786613326867

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