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The Mandala kingdom : a political history of Sikkim / Alex McKay .
LIBRA DS485.S57 M35 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKay, Alex, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sikkim (India)--Politics and government--18th century.
- Sikkim (India).
- Sikkim (India)--Politics and government--19th century.
- Sikkim (India)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Sikkim (India)--Kings and rulers.
- Kings and rulers.
- Politics and government.
- India--Sikkim.
- Physical Description:
- x, 332 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gangtok, Sikkim : Rachna Books & Publications, [2021]
- Summary:
- Alex McKay takes th reader on a journey to Sikkim, into the long locked-away palace Archives. This internal story of an indigenous elite adds considerably to the available sources on Sikkim history. With a focus on the colonial period up until 1947, May opens new archival resources on the eastern Himalayas a great resource foe the people of Sikkim and the scholars who study them.- Thomas K. Shor, author of A step Away from Paradise and The Master Director.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-319) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788189602123
- 8189602128
- OCLC:
- 1300754804
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