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Literature

Bhutan




Books


Choudhary, Priya.(2012). "Anubhuti: horizons of experiential learning: architecture of Bhutan". Swaprakashan

Phuntsho, Karma. .(2016). "The History of Bhutan". Random House India

The International Association for Tibetan Studies Seminar 2000 Leiden (Author). Zadoks (Author), A. Blezer (Editor), Henk. Ardussi (Editor), John. .(2002). "Impressions of Bhutan and Tibetan Art: Tibetan Studies 3: Tibetan Studies III: 2/3 (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library)". Brill Academic Pub

Dorji, C. T. .(2004). "National Museum of Bhutan". Prominent Publishers

Heath, A. J. .(2017). "Way of Harmony: Portraits from Bhutan". AJ Heath Publishing;

(1982). "VIEW OF MEDIEVAL BHUTAN". Smithsonian

Adams, Barbara. .(2002). "Traditional Bhutanese Textiles (White orchid books)". Orchid Press Publishing Limited

Aris (Author), Michael. Ardussi (Author), John A. .(2009). "Sources For The History Of Bhutan". Motilal Banarsidass Publishers

Tenpa, Lobsang. .(2018). "An Early History of the Mon Region (India) and Its Relationship with Tibet and Bhutan". Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

Rajput, M. .(2011). "Indo-Bhutan Relations Through Prism of History". Manak Publications

Sharma, S. K. Sharma, Usha. "History Geography and Travels of Sikkim and Bhutan".

Sinha, A. C. .(1998). "Bhutan: Ethnic Identity and National Dilemma (Sociological Publications in Honour of Dr. K. Ishwaran)". Reliance Publishing House.

White, J.Claude. .(2020). "Sikkim and Bhutan: Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier 1887-1908". Gyan Publishing House.

Rathore, Kunwar IS. .(2015). "Bhutan: history, Society and Culture". Lenin Media Pvt. Ltd.

Rahul, Ram. .(1997). "Royal Bhutan: A Political History". S.Chand (G/L) & Company Ltd.

Ricard, Matthieu. .(2012). "Bhutan: The Land Of Serenity". Thames and Hudson.

Pommaret, Francoise. .(2005). "Bhutan: Himalayan Mountain Kingdom (Odyssey Guide. Bhutan)". Odyssey Publications,Hong Kong

Berthold (Author), John. Gyamtsho (Foreword), His Eminence Lyonpo Thinley. .(2005). "Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon". Wisdom Publications

Leaming, Linda. .(2011). "Married to Bhutan :How One Woman Got Lost, Said “I Do,” and Found Bliss". Hay House

Zeppa, Jamie. .(2000). "Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan". Riverhead Books

Dorji, T C. .(1995). "A political & religious history of Bhutan, 1651-1906". Sangay Xam in collaboration with Prominent Publishers

Dorji, T C. .(1994). "History Of Bhutan Based On Buddhism".

Rigzin, Dorji. .(1989). "A brief religious, cultural, and secular history of Bhutan". Asia Society Galleries

Altmann, Karin. .(2015). "Fabric of Life - Textile Arts in Bhutan: Culture, Tradition and Transformation". De Gruyter

Ahmad, Omair. .(2013). "The Kingdom at the Centre of the World: Journeys into Bhutan". Aleph Book Company

Aris, Michael. .(1994). "The Raven Crown: Rise of Monarchy in Bhutan". Serindia Publications

Rennie, David Field. .(2005). "Bhotan and the Story of the Doar War". Pilgrims Publishing

Mason (Editor), Robin. Rennie (Editor), Frank. .(2008). "Bhutan: Ways of Knowing". Information Age Publishing

Schicklgruber, Christian. .(1997). "Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods". Serindia Publications

Rizal, Dhurba .(2015). "The Royal Semi-Authoritarian Democracy of Bhutan". Lexington Books

OUP India (Author). Mitra (Editor), Sabyasachi. Jeong (Editor), Hoe Yun. .(2017). "Bhutan: New Pathways to Growth". OUP India

Dompnier, Robert. .(2005). "Bhutan Kingdom of the Dragon". Timeless Books

Wehrheim, John. .(2011). "Bhutan: Hidden Lands Of Happiness". Serindia Publications, Inc;

Robles, Chelsea M. .(2021). "Education and Society in Bhutan: Tradition and modernisation (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series)". Routledge

Acharya, Sanjay. .(1999). "Bhutan: Kingdom in the Himalaya (Asia Colour Guides)". Lustre

White, John Claude. .(2019). "Sikhim & Bhutan: Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier, 1887-1908". Andesite Press

Klein, Wilhelm. .(2009). "Bhutan". Lustre

Peck, Mary. .(2011). "Bhutan: Between Heaven & Earth". Museum of New Mexico Press

Blake, Laura. .(). "Bhutan's Buddhist Architecture".

Wangchuck, Dorji Wangmo. .(2018). "Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan". Penguin

Sanyal, Subrata. .(2019). "The Unexplored Kingdom: People & Folk Cultures of Bhutan: People and Folk Cultures of Bhutan". Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd

Meyer, Werner. .(2017). "Drapham Dzong: Archaeological Excavation of a Himalayan Fortress In Central Bhutan". Niyogi Books

Lascelles, David. .(2021). "A Hare-Marked Moon: From Bhutan to Yorkshire: The Story of an English Stupa". Unbound

Katkar, Prof. Harshada. .(2019). "Bhutan an insight into architectural geography". Metro Books

Klein, Wilhelm. .(2012). "Bhutan: Through the Lens of the King". Lustre

Myers (Editor), Diana K. Bean (Editor), Susan S. Aris, Michael..(2008). "From The Land Of The Thunder Dragon: Textile Arts Of Bhutan: 1". Serindia Publications, Inc

Bartholomew (Author), Terese Tse. Johnston (Author), John. .(2008). "Dragon's Gift, The: The Sacred Arts Of Bhutan". Serindia Publications, Inc;

Aris, Michael. .(2005). "Raven Crown, The: The Origins Of Buddhist Monarchy In Bhutan". Serindia Publications

Uitz, Martin. .(2012). "Hidden Bhutan – Entering the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon". Haus Publishing

Ardussi (Editor), John A. Pommaret (Editor), Francoise. .(2007). "Bhutan: Traditions and Changes: PIATS 2003: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association For Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003: 10/5 (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library)". Brill Academic Pub

Gulati, M N. .(2003). "Rediscovering Bhutan". Manas Publications

Dorji, C.T. .(1997). "Blue Annals of Bhutan". S.Chand (G/L) & Company Ltd

Collister, Peter. .(1987). "Bhutan and the British". Serindia Publications

Schuelka (Editor), Matthew J. Maxwell (Editor), T.W. .(2016). "Education in Bhutan: Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness: 36 (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects)". Springer

Swinbank, Mark. .(2014). "The Road to Kamji: A Very Personal Journey Through Life and Bhutan". Authorhouse

Haigh, Ken. .(2008). "Under the Holy Lake: A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan (Wayfarer)". University of Alberta Press

Odier, Pierre. .(2004). "Some Last People: Vanishing Tribes Of Bhutan, China, Mexico, Mangolia and Siberia". L'Image Odier

Olschak, Blanche. .(1988). "DRAGON KINGDOM: Images of Bhutan". Shambhala

Choudhury, Paramesh. .(2013). "Bhutan: The Last Shangrila". Sagnik Books

Turner, Samuel. .(2005). "Bhutan And Tibet". Pilgrims Book House

Pradhan, Nar. .(2021). "The Himalayan: My journey from Bhutan to America". Alch Management LLC

Dimri, Jaiwanti. .(2004). "The Drukpa Mystiques: Bhutan in the 21st Century". Authors Press

Crins Ph.D (Author), Rieki. .(2019). "Blacklisted in Bhutan: Love lost and Love Transformed in the country of Gross National Happiness". Independently Published

Jamtsho (Author), Norbu. Lenzen (Editor), Ashley. Rinchen (Foreword), Rinchen. .(2020). "Lights in the Darkness: A Heart - Wrenching True Story from the Land of Happiness - Bhutan: 1 (Volume 1, 2015)". Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US

Zeppa, Jamie. .(1999). "Beyond The Sky And The Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan". Doubleday Canada

Bernstein, Jeremy. .(1990). "In the Himalayas: Journeys Through Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan". Simon & Schuster Audio

Eden, Ashley. .(2005). "Political Missions to Bootan". Pilgrims Publishing

Choden, Kunzang. .(2004). "DAWA: THE STORY OF A STRAY DOG IN BHUTAN". Riyang Books

Fletcher, Suzie Sims..(2015). "Samu - Shamu: The Sonam Stories: Narratives of Childhood in Bhutan". MapleInk Publishing

Buck, Stuart H. .(1988). "Bhutanese Newspaper Reader". Dunwoody Press

Robinson-Smith, Tony. .(2017). "The Dragon Run: Two Canadians, Ten Bhutanese, One Stray Dog". The University of Alberta Press

MacGregor, Charles Metcalfe. .(2015). "A Military Report on the Country of Bhutan, Containing All the Information of Military Importance Which Has Been Collected Up to Date, 12th July, 1866. - Scholar's Choice Edition". Scholar's Choice

BARMAN, Dr. RUP KUMAR. .(2020). "Migration,State Policies and CitizenshipA Historical Study on India, Bangladesh and Bhutan". AAYU PUBLICATIONS

Yildirim, Kemal. .(2020). "Bhutan and its Neutrality". LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Pulla, Venkat. .(2015). "The Lhotsampa People of Bhutan: Resilience and Survival". Palgrave Macmillan

Eden, Ashley. .(2000). "Political Mission to Bhutan". Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers

Sharma (Author), S. K. Sharma (Author), Usha. .(1998). "Social and Cultural Heritage of Sikkim and Bhutan". Anmol Publication

Shukla, Sneh. .(2012). "Bhutan the Land of Dragon People". Winsome Books India

Choden (Author), Karma. Wangchuk (Author), Dorji. .(2018). "Bhutan - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture". Kuperard

Ugyel, Lhawang. .(2016). "Paradigms and Public Sector Reform: Public Administration of Bhutan". Palgrave Macmillan

Sharma (Author), S. K. Sharma (Author), Usha. .(1998). "Documents on Sikkim and Bhutan". Anmol Publisher

Carpenter, Russ. .(2002). "The Blessings of Bhutan". University of Hawai'i Press

Sharma, B. Deben. .(2005). "Lhops (Doya) of Bhutan: An Ethnographic Account". Akansha Publishing

Griffith, William. .(2003). "Bhutan - Journals of Travels in Bootan". Asian Educational Services

Avieson, Bunty. .(2015). "The Dragon's Voice: How Modern Media Found Bhutan". University of Queensland Press

Bhandari, Om. .(2010). "Social and Economic Impacts of Rural Electrification in Bhutan". VDM Verlag

Taee, Jonathan. .(2017). "The Patient Multiple: An Ethnography of Healthcare and Decision-Making in Bhutan". Berghahn Books

KING.(2019). "Democratic Transition in Bhutan". Routledge

Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek..(2017). "Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness". Springer

Jansen, Cornelius. .(1989). "Bhutan: Development Planning in a Unique Environment (World Bank Country Study)". World Bank

Fraser, Neil. .(2001). "Geography of Himalayan Kingdom: Bhutan". Concept Publishing Co

Fraser, Pradyumna P. .(1990). "Bhutan, Environment, Culture and Development Strategy". Intellectual Publishing House

Kumagai, Seiji. .(2018). "Buddhism,Culture and Society in Bhutan". Vajra Books

Michael, Hutt. .(2005). "Unbecoming Citizens: Culture Nationhood and the Flight of Refugees from Bhutan". Oxford University Press

Rose, Leo E. .(1977). "Politics of Bhutan (South Asian Political Systems S.)". Cornell University Press

Diamond, Moon.(2024). "A Guide To Untamed Bhutan: Discover Culture, Trekking & More". ‎Independently Published

Einar Felix Hansen.(2023). "The History of Bhutan: The Dragon Kingdom Unveiled". ‎Independently Published

Penjore, Dorji .(2002). "Bhutan National Bibliography". The Centre for Bhutan Studies

Choudhary, Priya.(2012). "Anubhuti: horizons of experiential learning: architecture of Bhutan". Swaprakashan

Acharya, Sanjay.(1999). "Bhutan: Kingdom in the Himalaya". Lustre

Journal Articles / Research Papers


Dorji, Wangzom. 2019. “TRADITIONAL FARMHOUSE AND CONTEMPORARY DWELLINGS OF BHUTAN- A TRANSFORMATION.” Journal of Urban and Landscape Planning, no. 4.

Chari, Jotirmay, and Tanvi Katre. "Vernacular Architecture of Bhutan as a Brand: Paradigms and Paradoxes." ISVS e-Journal 10, no. 12 (2023): 115-136.

Dujardin, Marc. "From living to propelling monument: The monastery-fortress (Dzong) as vehicle of cultural transfer in contemporary Bhutan." (2000).

Chuki, Sonam, Raju Sarkar, and Ritesh Kurar. "A review on traditional architecture houses in Buddhist culture." American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 5, no. 3 (2017): 113-123.

Yip, Christopher L. "Bhutan: Its architectural heritage and change." (2001): 147.

Chettri, Nimesh, Jigme Thinley, and Ghana Shyam Koirala. "The comparative study on vernacular dwellings in Bhutan." United Int. J. Res. Technol 1, no. 02 (2020): 42-47.

Amundsen, Ingun Bruskeland. "On Bhutanese and Tibetan Dzongs." (2001).

Sharma, Dhrubaraj. "Architectural Documentation and Virtual Reconstruction of Samtenchoeling Monastery Ruins at Chumme, Bumthang Bhutan." American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 6, no. 3 (2018): 101-104.

Chimi, Khameis Mohamed Al Abdouli, Jigme Thinley, Tshering Cheki, Anju Chettri, and Nimesh Chettri. "Architectural Insights and City Profile of Phuentsholing Bhutan." (2023).

Benninger, Christopher. "Hearst Lecture: Planning for Bhutan." Focus 13, no. 1 (2016): 9.

Choden, Karma. "National arts and crafts center Thimphu: Bhutan." (2016).

Choden, Sonam, and Sehba Saleem. "Critical Regionalism: An Architectural Identity of cityhalls in Bhutan." Zorig Melong-A Technical Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology 5, no. 1 (2020): 1-7.

Gayleg, Sonam. "Historic districts as an alternative approach to preserve the Bhutanese Architectural Heritage." PhD diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009.

Jentsch, Mark F., Christoph Kulle, Tobias Bode, Toni Pauer, Andrea Osburg, Karma Namgyel, Karma Euthra, Jamyang Dukjey, and Karma Tenzin. "Field study of the building physics properties of common building types in the Inner Himalayan valleys of Bhutan." Energy for Sustainable Development 38 (2017): 48-66.

Dorji, Khandu-Om. "A brief history of Bhutan House in Kalimpong." Journal of Bhutan Studies 19, no. 2 (2008): 9-33.

Sharma, Dhrubaraj. "Architectural Conservation of Decorative Timber Windows and Ornamental Columns at Buli Monastery." American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 5, no. 5 (2017): 204-207.

Wangchuk, Dekar. Low Energy Building Material Suitable for Bhutanese Architecture – Wood Wool Slab. Master’s thesis, Lund University, 2022.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364699987. "

Tshering, Ugyen, Ngawang Tender, Ghana Shyam Koirala, Lalit Kumar Rai, Monika Thapa, and Nimesh Chettri. "STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF BHUTANESE TRADITIONAL BUILDING." Zorig Melong-A Technical Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology 4, no. 1 (2018): 1-7. "

Ministry of Works and Human Settlement. Bhutanese Architecture Guidelines. Thimphu: Royal Government of Bhutan, (2014).

Amarendra, Barsha. From Functionality to Ornamentation: A Case Study of Bhutanese Architecture. January 2014. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349967053.

Pasang, Sangey, Rinchen Dema, Sabina Nepal, Pema Yangzom, Migma Dolma Tamang, Monika Thapa, and Rigden Yoezer Tenzin. "Construction Constraints Imposed by Traditional Bhutanese Architecture on Building Construction." GNH Journal of Construction Technology and Management, February 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349465789.

Phuntsho, Karma. The history of Bhutan. Random House India, 2013.

White, J. Claude. "Journeys in Bhutan." The Geographical Journal 35, no. 1 (January 1910): 18–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/1777115.

Thinley, Jigme, Chimi Chimi, and Nimesh Chettri. "Spiritual and Spatial Significance of Choedrak Monastery in the Cultural Geography of Bhutan." Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-021-09432-z.

Pennacchio, Roberto, F. De Filippi, M. Bosetti, T. Aoki, and P. Wangmo. "Influence of Traditional Building Practices in Seismic Vulnerability of Bhutanese Vernacular Rammed Earth Architecture.” International Journal of Architectural Heritage (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2020.1785044.

Sobczyńska, Karolina Urszula. "The Roof as Information and a Response to the Place, Climate and Way of Life of Local Communities on the Example of Wooden Architecture of Southeast Asia, Bhutan, and Poland." Urbanism and Architecture Files of the Polish Academy of Sciences 51 (2023): 423–439. https://doi.org/10.24425/tkuia.2023.148985.

Saboo, Nupur Saran. "Guiding the Change in Transforming Townscapes of Bhutan." International Journal of Environmental Studies (2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2016.1185334.

Walcott, Susan M. "One of a Kind: Bhutan and the Modernity Challenge."National Identities 13, no. 3 (2011): 253–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2011.585633. "

Bennett, Alexis Anne. Tradition, Quality, Housing, Development: A New Paradigm for Urban Bhutan. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30025.

Chettri, Nimesh, Dipendra Gautam, and Rajesh Rupakhety. "From Tship Chim to Pa Chim: Seismic Vulnerability and Strengthening of Bhutanese Vernacular Buildings."In Masonry Construction in Active Seismic Regions, edited by Elsevier, 253–286. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821087-1.00009-0.

Benninger, Christopher Charles. "Principles of Intelligent Urbanism: The Case of the New Capital Plan for Bhutan." Ekistics 69, no. 412-414 (2002): 60-80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43619538.

Dorji, Leki, Sangay Kumar Shukla, Dorji Wangchuk, Karma Tandin Dorji, Kencho Gyeltshen, Nimesh Chettri, Komal Raj Aryal, and Khameis Mohamed Al Abdouli. "Evaluation of Land Use/Cover Change and Urban Sprawling Pattern Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Thimphu, Bhutan." Civil Engineering and Architecture 10, no. 6 (2022): 2572–2579. https://doi.org/10.13189/cea.2022.100625. "

Karan, Pradyumna P. "Geopolitical Structure of Bhutan." India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs 19, no. 3 (1963): 203–213. https://doi.org/10.1177/097492846301900301.

Kalkowski, Buzz. ""Planning for the Town of Kanglung, Bhutan: An Intense and Rewarding Adventure." Focus: Journal of City and Regional Planning, Volume VI, 2009: 81–86.

Walcott, Susan M. "Making the Most of Geographic Disadvantage: Modernizing Bhutan." Education About Asia 16, no. 1 (2011): 25–28.

Pommaret, Françoise. "Devotion, Culture, and Social Work: Royal Patronage in Bhutan." The Druk Journal 36, no. 2 (2015): 74–84.

Choden, Ugen. "Wangduechhoeling Palace: The Birthplace of Bhutan's Monarchy." Marg, A Magazine of the Arts 66, no. 4 (June 2015): 20–30. Gale Academic OneFile. http://www.marg-art.org/magazines.asp.

Walcott, Susan M. "City Profile: Thimphu." Cities 26, no. 3 (2009): 158–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2009.01.003.

Wongphyat, Waricha. "Bhutanese Dwellings: Sustaining the State of Wellbeing-ness." NAKHARA: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning 11, no. 1 (2015): 1–19. https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/nakhara/vol11/iss1/9.

Lim, Regina Mapua. "Cultural Sustainability and Development: Drukpa and Burman Vernacular Architecture." In Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World, edited by Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson, 21–49. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, 2002.

Herrle, Peter, and Anna Wozniak. Tibetan Houses: Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Environs. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2017.

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