Bulletin of Tibetology
The Bulletin of Tibetology is published bi-annually by the
Director, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (www.tibetology.net),
Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Editorial Board for this journal include
Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Acharya Samten Gyatso, Saul
Mullard, Brigitte Steinmann, Tashi Tsering, Mark Turin, and Roberto Vitali. The
editor is Anna Balikci-Denjongpa and the Director of the Institute, Rinpoche
Tashi Densapa, acts as an advisor to the journal.
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author: Saul Mullard - Repaying a 'debt' with land, grain and taxes: Yug Phyogs Thub and his service to Bhutan during the Sino-Nepalese war (788 kb)
author: Sual Mullard - 'A difficult country, a hostile chief, and a still more hostile minister': The Angle-Sikkim war of 1861 (376 kb)
author: Alex McKay - Alliances and power in Central Bhutan: A narrative of religion, prestige and wealth (mid 19th-mid 20th centuries) (545 kb)
author: Francoise Pommaret - 'Official graffiti' and the regulation of everyday life in urban Bhutan: A view from below (457 kb)
author: Richard W. Whitecross - The use of festival jesters to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS in Bhutan: Atsaras as social messengers (485 kb)
author: Hakan Sandgren - Chilli transactions in Bhutan: An economic, social, and cultural perspective (287 kb)
author: Akiko Ueda & Tashi Samdup - The Lepcha Padim of Lingko, Dzongu, North Sikkim (274 kb)
author: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa - Narrations of contest: Competition among represtatives of local Lepcha belief and Guru Rinpoche in Sikkim (578 kb)
author: Jenny Bentley - Reification of ethnicty in Sikkim: 'Tribalism' in progress (572 kb)
author: Melanie Vandenhelsken - Notes on Contributors (374 kb)
1993 Volume 29, Number 1, Aspects of Classical Tibetan Medicine
1983 Volume 19, Number 1, Silver Jubilee inauguration number
1982 Volume 18, Number 1, Karmapa Commemoration Volume
1974 Volume 11, Number 3, Sir Tashi Namgyal memorial lecture
1973 Volume 10, Number 3, Sir Tashi Namgyal memorial lecture