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Urbanisation is still at a nascent stage in the Eastern Himalayan region of Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and the hills of Darjeeling in West Bengal. In the Indian portion of the Eastern Himalayas the history of the growth of towns does not go back beyond the late 19th century-while urban centres emerged in Bhutan only in the 1960s. Most of the hill urban centres that have subsequently emerged are small-with population even less than a 1000 in some cases. The ...
The book contains articles on different aspects of Tibetan culture and religion. It covers the states of and regions of Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling and Arunachal Pradesh. Three articles on Tibetan language and religion trace the history of the origin and growth of the Tibetan language while the article on Tibetan art examines Tibetan art in all its aspects and points out its orientation towards religion and religious presuppositions. History of the ...