HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONASTIC LANDHOLDINGS IN SIKKIM

Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 2

Abstract

This paper attempts to present a preliminary picture on how the Buddhist monasteries and their estates were established in Sikkim from 1642 onwards. The tradition of giving land grants to the monasteries by the rulers was an age old system and Sikkimese monasteries were not exception to this. However, this paper also attempts to present the changing situation faced by the monasteries under the British Officer.

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Gnudup Sangmo Bhutia

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Gnudup Sangmo Bhutia (2019). HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONASTIC LANDHOLDINGS IN SIKKIM. PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research, 8(2), 52-53. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-465111