gTsang court / UN Court / Mongol government / Phobrang government / Scriptural Authority / Lumbini International Research Institute / Zhabs-drung Rin-po-che’s government / /
Person
Gushri Khan / Sakya Pandita / Deb Raja / John Ardussi / Padma Sambhava / /
Position
author / teacher / tutor / principal officer / head of state in Bhutan / biographer / emperor / head / chief / linguist / /
ProvinceOrState
Sikkim / /
Region
central Bhutan / central Tibet / western Bhutan / eastern Bhutan / /
Formation of the State of Bhutan (’Brug gzhung) in the 17th Century and its Tibetan Antecedents* John Ardussi Introduction The relationship between religion and the state has remained a perennial issue of the Tibetan c