TY - BOOK AU - Mullard,Saul ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Opening the hidden land: state formation and the construction of Sikkimese history T2 - Brill's Tibetan studies library AV - DS485.S55 M85 2011eb U1 - 954/.167 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Buddhism and politics KW - India KW - Sikkim KW - Sikkim (India) KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - Civilization KW - Electronic books KW - local 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10511483 ER -