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In this first monograph on the history of Sikkim, the author challenges traditional Sikkimese historiography to rigourous historical enquiry by comparing it to original seventeenth and eighteenth century sources and exposes the contradictions founds within traditional narrative traditions. This book highlights, not only, how and why traditional historiography was developed but also redefines contemporary knowledge of the history of Sikkimese state formation. The book touches on key themes such as Tibetan understandings of state, kingship and the role of Buddhism in justifying political administration as well as social stratification and the economy of pre-modern Sikkim. This book will undoubtedly prove useful to those working on the development of historical traditions and state entities in Tibet and the Himalaya.
In this first monograph on the history of Sikkim, the author challenges traditional Sikkimese historiography to rigourous historical enquiry by comparing it to original seventeenth and eighteenth century sources and exposes the contradictions founds within traditional narrative traditions. This b...
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Saul Mullard, D.Phil (2009) in Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, is currently a Research Associate at The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. He has published numerous works on the religious and political history of Sikkim including (with Hissey Wongchuk) Royal Records: The Sikkimese Palace Archive (IITB, 2010).
Saul Mullard, D.Phil (2009) in Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, is currently a Research Associate at The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. He has published numerous works on the religious and political history of Sikkim including (with Hissey Wongchuk) Royal Records: The Sikkimese ...
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