THE ROYAL HISTORY OF SIKKIM: A Chronicle of the House of Namgyal

THE ROYAL HISTORY OF SIKKIM: A Chronicle of the House of NamgyalAs Narrated in Tibetan by THEIR HIGHNESSES CHOGYAL THUTOB NAMGYAL and GYALMO YESHE DOLMA, Based upon the Preliminary Translation by Kazi Dawasamdup Corrected, Supplemented and Thoroughly Revised by John A. Ardussi Anna Balikci Denjongpa, and Per K. Sørensen Under the Patronage of Her Majesty GYALYUM KESANG CHOEDEN WANGCHUCK Queen Mother to HM the Fourth King of Bhutan **ONLY SHIPPING ORDERS PLACED VIA OUR WEBSITE INTERNATIONALLY**  The Royal History of Sikkim was written in Tibetan at the turn of the 19th century by the then ruler, Chogyal Thutob Namgyal and his Tibetan Queen-consort Yeshe Dolma. It is a unique work of local history, presenting an alternative narrative to accounts of their Himalayan state written by contemporary British officials arguing the viewpoints of imperial India. The small mountain kingdom of Sikkim was founded in the mid-17th century as an ethnically diverse Buddhist monarchy intimately tied to