Opening the Hidden Land: State Formation and the Construction of Sikkimese History

by Saul Mullard

Using seventeenth and eighteenth century sources from the former Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, this book examines the construction of Sikkimese historiography and presents an interpretation of the history of state formation of Sikkim.

308 pages, Hardcover

First published October 21, 2011

Reviews

[Longsel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderfully researched and with lots of new information, this is probably the best book ever written on the history of Sikkim.