Volume 42, Summer 2020

• Bhutan’s Foresighted Resilience in the Initial Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Through the Lens of Gross National Happiness    (447 kb)
      author: Ritu Verma and Kuenga Wangmo
• Healing in the Himalayas: Robert Saunders, Surgeon, and the Embassy to Bhutan and Tibet of 1783    (297 kb)
      author: Lindsey Valancius and Trevor Lipscombe
• ཁྱིམ་གྱི་བཀོད་རིས་ལུ་ འབྱུང་ཁམས་ཀྱི་ཕན་གནོད་འབྱུང་ཚུལ།    (528 kb)
      author: དགེ་འདུན་དཔལ་བཟང་།
• Bhutan in SAARC and BIMSTEC    (393 kb)
      author: Chokey Namgyal Bhutia

Volume 41, Winter 2019

• The Eight Manifestations of GNH: Multiple Meanings of a Development Alternative    (546 kb)
      author: Ritu Verma
• Scientific Productivity and Citation Analysis of the Bhutan Journal of Research and Development, 2012-2019    (476 kb)
      author: Lingchen Dorji
• The Legislative Capacity of a Small-State Parliament: An Analysis of the Parliament of Bhutan    (251 kb)
      author: Gerard W. Horgan
• Population and Migration in Thimphu Thromde    (212 kb)
      author: Sangay Chophel

Volume 40, Summer 2019

• A Dharma Raja and a Mahasiddha: A Note on the Spiritual Relationship Between His Majesty King Ugyen Wangchuck and Togden Shakya Shri    (136 kb)
      author: Sonam Kinga
• Putting the Festival Participants Back into the Festival: Rethinking Communal Identity Formation in Buddhist Cham Festivals in Bhutan    (466 kb)
      author: Mareike Wulff
• Who is the Tigress in the Lair? A Preliminary Enquiry About Khandro Yeshe Tshogyel’s Visit to Taktsang    (169 kb)
      author: Sonam Kinga
• A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Bhutan Studies, 1999-2017    (343 kb)
      author: Lingchen Dorji
• Media Reporting of Suicides in Bhutan: Analysis of Adherence to WHO Guidelines    (403 kb)
      author: Tshoki Zangmo & Sonam Zangmo

Volume 39, Winter 2018

• Inequality in Bhutan: Addressing it Through the Traditional Kidu System    (248 kb)
      author: Lhawang Ugyel
• Economic Growth, External Debt and Export Relationship: The Case of Bhutan    (238 kb)
      author: Jigme Nidup
• Perceived Sources of Happiness: Things Bhutanese think would make them live a truly happy life    (870 kb)
      author: Karma Wangdi
• Corporate Social Responsibility Practice in Bhutan    (505 kb)
      author: Jigme Phuntsho and Sonam Zangmo

Volume 38, Summer 2018

• Buddhist Contributions to Human Development    (160 kb)
      author: Tshering Tobgay
• Spirituality in Management Education    (150 kb)
      author: Karma Ura
• Wikipedia as a Tool for GNH    (187 kb)
      author: Bunty Avieson
• Power and Compliance in Rural Bhutanese Society    (189 kb)
      author: Fredrik Barth
• A Note on Tsangmo, a Bhutanese Quatrain    (202 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore

Volume 37, Winter 2017

• Risk Factors Associated with Lifetime Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Amongst the Bhutanese Population    (657 kb)
      author: Tshoki Zangmo & Tandin Dendup
• Bhutan’s Faustian Bargain?    (396 kb)
      author: William J. Long
• Rhetoric and Reality of Doklam Incident    (267 kb)
      author: Jigme Phuntsho
• Causes and Conditions of Bhutan’s Democratic Transition    (193 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore

Volume 36, Summer 2017

• འབྲུག་ལུ་ཡོད་པའི་ཚ་ཆུ་ལྔ་གི་སོ་སོའི་ཕན་ཐོགས།    (793 kb)
      author: དགེ་འདུན་དཔལ་བཟང་།
• Digging the Past: The State of Archaeological Study of Bhutan    (1.5 mb)
      author: Dorji Penjore
• Interpreting the GNH Determinants From Health Policy Perspective: A Guide for Health Policy Makers    (303 kb)
      author: Gyambo Sithey, Jayendra Sharma, Tandi Dorji, Anne-Marie, & Mu Li
• A Philosophical Exploration of Radical Forgiveness    (196 kb)
      author: William J. Long

Volume 35, Winter 2016

• The First British Book about Bhutan: A Publishing History of Turner’s Account of an Embassy    (180 kb)
      author: Trevor Lipscombe
• Factors Affecting Bhutanese Teachers’ Attitude Towards Acceptance of Technology in Teaching    (296 kb)
      author: Sherab Tenzin and Rinzin Dorji
• Socioeconomic Determinants of Fertility in Thimphu City: The Effect of Baby Sitter    (313 kb)
      author: Wangchuk
• College Youth and the Prevalence of Responsible Sexual Relationships: A Mixed Mode Study of the Development, Challenges and Prospects of Youth Sexual Behaviour in the Colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan    (513 kb)
      author: Amina Gurung, Ugyen Wangchuk, Dechen Tshomo and Tsering Y. Nidup

Volume 34, Summer 2016

• Welcome Note by Dasho Karma Ura at the South Asian Conference and Celebration on the Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, 14-15 June, 2016 in Paro    (89 kb)
      author: n/a
• Address by HE Prime Minister of Bhutan at conference and celebration on the Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche in Paro Rinpung Dzong    (83 kb)
      author: n/a
• Guru Padmasambhava and Jurisprudence in Bhutan: Golden Yoke and Silken Knot    (159 kb)
      author: Justice Sonam Tobgye
• Guru Padmasambhava in Context: Archaeological and Historical Evidence from Swat/Uddiyana (c. 8th century CE)    (3.8 mb)
      author: Luca Maria Olivieri
• How the Sacred Teachings of Guru Rinpoche Relate to and Counteract Mental Difficulties    (123 kb)
      author: Dolpo Tulku Rinpoche
• Guru Rinpoche and Buddhism in Tibet    (90 kb)
      author: Geshe Ngawang Samten
• Guru Rinpoche’s Exclusive Sacred Places in Bhutan    (167 kb)
      author: Kunzang Thinley (Translated by Phuntsho Gyaltshen)
• Guru Padmasambhava of Odiyana (Odisha): The Founder of Lamaism in Tibet    (97 kb)
      author: Bimalendu Mohanty and Varish Panigrahi
• Guru Padmasambhava: A Profile and His Teachings    (138 kb)
      author: Arya Kumar Jnanendra
• Guru Rinpoche in Sikkim: The Bayue Dremo Jong    (103 kb)
      author: Tenpa Gyatso

Volume 33, Winter 2015

• Bhutan: Notes Concerning the Political Role of Kidu    (197 kb)
      author: Brian C. Shaw
• Trend of Bhutan’s Trade during 1907-26: Import    (746 kb)
      author: Ratna Sarkar and Indrajit Ray
• Terms of Trade and Balance of Trade of Bhutan during 1907-26    (657 kb)
      author: Ratna Sarkar and Indrajit Ray
• Assessment of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Diversity at Community Level in Nangkor Gewog under Zhemgang Dzongkhag    (801 kb)
      author: Jambay Ugyen and Dr. Tulsi Gurung
• Macroeconomic Trends and Policy Implications: Evidence from Bhutan    (1.9 mb)
      author: Mashrur Khan and Matthew Robson

Volume 32, Summer 2015

• Export Price of Electricity in Bhutan: The Case of Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project    (399 kb)
      author: Sangay Chophel
• Enhancing Bhutanese Rice in the Domestic Market through increased Production and Favorable Pricing Regime    (292 kb)
      author: Ngawang Chhogyel, Mahesh Ghimiray, Kencho Wangdue and Yadunath Bajgai
• The Role of Deliberative Mini-Publics in the Quest for Gross National Happiness in Bhutan    (284 kb)
      author: Gerard W. Horgan
• Use of Social Media and Digital Technology from the Perspective of Citizen Engagement and Democratic Participation in the Works of Centre for Bhutan Studies & GNH Studies: A Positioning Paper    (231 kb)
      author: Dendup Chophel

Volume 31, Winter 2014

• Early Happiness Policy as a Government Mission of Bhutan: A Survey of the Bhutanese Unwritten Constitution from 1619 to 1729    (297 kb)
      author: Michael Givel and Laura Figueroa
• Visions, Prophecies and Leadership: Oral Accounts of the Life and Death of Terton Drukdra Dorji    (171 kb)
      author: Thinley Jamtsho, Dendup Chophel and Sangay Thinley
• An Overview of Kurtöp Morphophonemics    (327 kb)
      author: Dr. Gwendolyn Hyslop
• Masked Dance of Sumthrang Mountain Deity    (221 kb)
      author: Gengop Karchung

Volume 30, Summer 2014

• Traditional and Modern Understandings of Mental Illness in Bhutan: Preserving the Benefits of Each to Support Gross National Happiness    (227 kb)
      author: Joseph D. Calabrese and Dr Chencho Dorji
• Suicide Trends in Bhutan from 2009 to 2013    (204 kb)
      author: Kuenzang Lhadon
• Ahom-Bhutan Relations with Specific Reference to Royal Bhutanese Embassy Visiting Ahom Capital in 1801    (159 kb)
      author: J. N. Phukan
• Estimating the Gender Gap of Adults’ Education and Health in Bhutan    (429 kb)
      author: Chhimi Dem

Volume 29, Winter 2013

• A Proposition “Bhutan is a Democracy”: Beyond the Constricted, Popular Wisdom of “Democracy”    (256 kb)
      author: Katsu Masaki
• Was Tobacco Described in Bhutanese Buddhist Texts Before the 16th Century?    (174 kb)
      author: Michael S. Givel and Rebecca A. Sherry
• Examining Rupee Reserves in Bhutan: An SVAR Approach    (440 kb)
      author: Jigme Nidup
• Factorial Validity and Reliability of 12 items General Health Questionnaire in a Bhutanese Population    (241 kb)
      author: Tshoki Zangmo

Volume 28, Summer 2013

• The Role of English in Culture Preservation in Bhutan    (261 kb)
      author: Dorji Thinley & T.W. Maxwell
• Diversity in Food Ways of Bhutanese Communities Brought About by Ethnicity and Environment    (342 kb)
      author: Kunzang Dorji, Kesang Choden & Walter Roder
• Exploring Bhutan’s ‘Natural Democracy’: In Search of an Alternative View of Democracy    (2.8 mb)
      author: Katsu Masaki
• Wangdü Chöling Dzong: The Masterpiece of Gongsar Jigme Namgyel    (473 kb)
      author: Gengop Karchung
• The Old Man ‘Mitshering’ at Nyima Lung Monastery    (532 kb)
      author: Tenzin Jamtsho

Volume 27, Winter 2012

• Massive Rice Offering in Wangdiphodrang in Zhabdrung Rinpoche’s Time    (217 kb)
      author: Dasho Karma Ura
• GNH, EI and the well-being of Nations: Lessons for public policy makers, with specific reference to the happiness dividend of tourism    (198 kb)
      author: Dr Shaun Vorster
• The ethics platform in tourism research: A Western Australian perspective of Bhutan’s GNH Tourism Model    (248 kb)
      author: Simon Teoh
• In-service Training: Key to Enhancing Competence and Building Confidence for Job Performance of Gewog-level Extension Agents in Bhutan    (287 kb)
      author: Dr Samdrup Rigyal

Volume 26, Summer 2012

• Ladakhi and Bhutanese Enclaves in Tibet    (189 kb)
      author: John Bray
• Population History and Identity in the Hidden Land of Pemakö    (257 kb)
      author: Kerstin Grothmann
• Under the Influence of Buddhism: The Psychological Well-being Indicators of GNH    (239 kb)
      author: Tashi Wangmo and John Valk
• Culture, Public Policy and Happiness    (228 kb)
      author: Sangay Chophel
• Trend of Bhutan’s Trade during 1907-26: Export    (165 kb)
      author: Ratna Sarkar and Indrajit Ray

Volume 25, Winter 2011

• A Zhabdrung Phunsum Tshogpa (zhabs drung phun sum tshogs pa) Thangka from the National Museum of Bhutan Collection    (12.7 mb)
      author: Ariana Maki
• Meme Lama Sonam Zangpo’s Kurseong Years: A Note on Factors in the Foundation of a Modern Bhutanese Religious Community outside of Bhutan    (362 kb)
      author: Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
• From Mount Tsari to the tsechu: Bhutan’s Sacred Song and Lute Dance    (939 kb)
      author: Elaine Dobson
• Invoking a Warrior Deity: A Preliminary Study of Lo-ju    (2.9 mb)
      author: Dendup Chophel

Volume 24, Summer 2011

• Rows of Auspicious Seats: The Role of bzhugs gral phun sum tshogs pa’i rten ‘brel Ritual in the Founding of the First Bhutanese State in the 17th Century    (237 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore
• Chibdral: A Traditional Bhutanese Welcome Ceremony    (114 kb)
      author: Karma Rigzin
• The Sacred Dance of Peling Ging Sum    (932 kb)
      author: Khenpo Phuntsok Tashi
• Hen Kha: A Dialect of Mangde Valley in Bhutan    (2.1 mb)
      author: Jagar Dorji

Volume 23, Winter 2010

• Sounds of Sokshing: Revisiting the Contested Provisions of the Land Act 2007    (319 kb)
      author: Dr Sonam Kinga
• The Use of Qualitative and Ethnographic Research to Enhance the Measurement and Operationalisation of Gross National Happiness    (300 kb)
      author: Nicole I.J. Hoellerer
• To Join or Not to Join WTO: A Study on its Negative Impacts    (750 kb)
      author: Karma Wangdi
• In with the Bad: Ambient Air Quality and Tranboundary Pollution in Bhutan    (200 kb)
      author: Linda Pannozzo

Volume 22, Summer 2010

• Stock Market Finance and Gross National Happiness: An Institutional Fit? Evidence from Bhutan    (302 kb)
      author: Bruce Hearn & Michael Givel
• Coinage in Bhutan During the 19th and 20th Centuries    (165 kb)
      author: Ratna Sarkar and Indrajit Ray
• Attitude of Nurses towards Mental Illness in Bhutan    (150 kb)
      author: Rinchen Pelzang
• Religious Practice of the Patients and Families during Illness and Hospitalization in Bhutan    (183 kb)
      author: Rinchen Pelzang

Volume 21, Winter 2009

• A Brief Account of Namkhai Nyinpo and his reincarnations    (88 kb)
      author: Sangay Wangdi
• Dangphu Dingphu: The Origin of the Bhutanese Folktales    (180 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore
• Intellectual Property, Access to Medicines and Public Health Issues in Bhutan    (255 kb)
      author: Kencho Palden

Volume 20, Summer 2009

• Introduction    (94 kb)
      author: Journal Editors
• Keynote Address    (94 kb)
      author: Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck
• The Impact of Cultural Folklore on National Values: A Preliminary Study with a Focus on Bhutan    (201 kb)
      author: Steve Evans
• Oral Traditions as Alternative Literature: Voices of Dissents in Bhutanese Folktales    (143 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore
• The Role of Folk Consciousness in the Modern State: Its Efficacy, Use and Abuse    (193 kb)
      author: Jim Brown
• Ritualizing Story: A Way to Heal Malady    (152 kb)
      author: Tandin Dorji
• Preserving Tradition and Enhancing Learning Through Youth Storytelling    (152 kb)
      author: Ann M. Scroggie
• Preserving our Folktales, Myths and Legends in the Digital Era    (184 kb)
      author: Tshering Cigay Dorji
• Oracy in the New Millennium: Storytelling Revival in America and Bhutan    (184 kb)
      author: Joseph Sobol

Volume 18, Summer 2008

• Multidimensional Poverty in Bhutan: Estimates and Policy Implications    (328 kb)
      author: Maria Emma Santos and Karma Ura
• Socio-economic and Environmental Impact Analysis of Khothagpa Gypsum Mine    (400 kb)
      author: Karma Galay
• Defamation Law in Bhutan: Some Reflections    (112 kb)
      author: Venkat Iyer
• Bhutan National Values Assessment    (164 kb)
      author: Steve Evans
• Health Impacts of Traditional Medicines and Bio-prospecting: A World Scenario Accentuating Bhutan’s Perspective    (228 kb)
      author: Phurpa Wangchuk
• A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Malaria Awareness and Bed Net Use    (232 kb)
      author: Kado Zangpo, Dr. Nado Zangpo, and Dr. Kjeld Poulsen

Volume 17, Winter 2007

• Political Scenario in Bhutan during 1774-1906: An Impact Analysis on Trade and Commerce    (160 kb)
      author: Ratna Sarkar & Indrajit Ray
• Democracy from Above: Regime Transition in the Kingdom of Bhutan    (188 kb)
      author: Aim Sinpeng
• A Unique Parallel    (116 kb)
      author: Dr. Sonam B. Wangyal
• Khar: The Oral Tradition of Game of Riddles in Tshanglakha Speaking Community of Eastern Bhutan    (212 kb)
      author: Tshering Dorji
• Bhutanese Folktales: Common Man’s Media with Missions for Society    (184 kb)
      author: Chandra Shekhar Sharma
• A Pre-budget Exercise as a Pro-poor Development Tool    (224 kb)
      author: Phub W. Dorji

Volume 16, Summer 2007

• The Making of a Bhutanese Buddha: Preliminary Remarks on the Biography of Tenzin Gyatso, a Bhutanese Scholar- Yogi    (200 kb)
      author: Amy Holmes
• Inter-Regional Variations in the Inequality and Poverty in Bhutan    (316 kb)
      author: Sanjeev Mehta
• Reflections on Conservation Education and Practice in Bhutan    (160 kb)
      author: Stephen F. Siebert & Jill M. Belsky
• Historical Roots, Spiritual Significance and the Health Benefits of mKhempa-lJong gNyes Tshachu (hot spring) in Lhuntshe    (292 kb)
      author: Phurpa Wangchuk & Yeshi Dorji
• Effect of TRIPS on Pricing, Affordability and Access to Essential Medicines in Bhutan    (128 kb)
      author: Dr. Tandi Dorji

Volume 15, Winter 2006

• Post-Zhabdrung Era Migration of Kurmedkha Speaking People in Eastern Bhutan    (236 kb)
      author: Tshering Gyeltshen
• A Cheerless Change: Bhutan Dooars to British Dooars    (124 kb)
      author: Dr. Sonam B. Wangyal
• Two Nineteeth Century Trade Routes in the Eastern Himalaya: the Bhutanese trade with Tibet and Bengal    (216 kb)
      author: Ratna Sarkar and Indrajit Ray
• An Analysis of “Meme Haylay Haylay and His Turquoise” using Joseph Campbell's Model of the Hero's Journey    (280 kb)
      author: A. Steven Evans
• Echoes of Folksongs in Bhutanese Literature in English    (112 kb)
      author: Chandra Shekhar Sharma
• Preserving the Consciousness of a Nation: Promoting "Gross National Happiness" in Bhutan Through Her Rich Oral Traditions    (184 kb)
      author: A. Steven Evans

Volume 14, Summer 2006

• Perspectives on Bhutanese Media    (88 kb)
      author: Kinley Dorji
• Stone Inscriptions: An Early Written Medium in Bhutan and its Public Uses.    (200 kb)
      author: John Ardussi
• Dances in Bhutan: A Traditional Medium of Information    (140 kb)
      author: Françoise Pommaret
• Roar of the Thunder Dragon: The Bhutanese Audio-visual Industry and the Shaping and Representation of Comtemporary Culture    (172 kb)
      author: Tshewang Dendup
• Selling Desire and Dissatisfaction: Why Advertising should be banned From Bhutanese Television.    (192 kb)
      author: Dr. Ross McDonald
• Media, Markets and Meaning: Placing Sustainable Development and Environmental Conservation and Enrichment at Risk    (232 kb)
      author: Peter D. Hershock
• Role of Kuensel in Fostering Democracy in Bhutan    (284 kb)
      author: Sanjeev Mehta

Volume 13, Winter 2005

• Reconstructing Nineteenth Century Trade Route between Bhutan and Assam: Evidences from British Political Missions    (312 kb)
      author: Indrajit Ray and Ratna Sarkar
• The Historical Anecdote of Kheng Nobilities    (212 kb)
      author: Lham Dorji
• Oral Construction of Exile Life and Times of Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam in Bumthang    (168 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore
• Religious Life and History of the Emanated Heart-son Thukse Dawa Gyeltshen    (212 kb)
      author: Lham Dorji
• Cattle Management Systems in Humid Subtropical Areas of Western Bhutan    (220 kb)
      author: NB Tamang and JM Perkins

Volume 12, Summer 2005

• How should Happiness guide policy? Why Gross National Happiness is not opposed to democracy    (200 kb)
      author: Johannes Hirata
• Towards a New Conceptualization of Gross National Happiness and its Foundations    (140 kb)
      author: Dr. Ross McDonald
• Folktales and Education: Role of Bhutanese Folktales in Value Transmission    (240 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore
• The Positive Impact of Gomchen Tradition on Achieving and Maintaining Gross National Happiness    (216 kb)
      author: Khenpo Phuntsok Tashi
• The Buddhist Truth of Happiness: Spirituality and Development - the case of governance in Bhutan    (304 kb)
      author: Diederik Prakke

Volume 11, Winter 2004

• The 17th Century Stone Inscription from Ura Village    (244 kb)
      author: John A. Ardussi
• Formation of the State of Bhutan ('Brug gzhung) in the 17th Century and its Tibetan Antecedents    (192 kb)
      author: John Ardussi
• Poverty Alleviation: A Buddhist Perspective    (184 kb)
      author: Peter D. Hershock
• Television, Materialism and Culture: An Exploration of Imported Media and its Implications for GNH    (68 kb)
      author: Dr Ross McDonald
• Bhutanese Public Policy in the 'Century of Interdependence'    (140 kb)
      author: Peter D. Hershock
• Indo-Bhutan Relations Recent Trends    (140 kb)
      author: Tashi Choden
• H.H. Khenpo Jigme Phuntsho: A Tribute and a Translation    (136 kb)
      author: Karma Phuntsho

Volume 10, Summer 2004

• The Symbolic and Functional Significance of the Chhoetse Penlop: A Tribute to the Sixteenth Chhoetse Penlop    (76 kb)
      author: Sonam Kinga
• A Historical Background of the Chhoetse Penlop    (96 kb)
      author: Dorji Wangdi
• Demise of Tongphu Gyalpo    (136 kb)
      author: Karma Galay
• Myth, Legend and History Surrounding Dungsam    (180 kb)
      author: Sonam Wangdi
• The Myth and the Mystery of Aja Nye    (112 kb)
      author: Rinzin Wangchuk
• Changing Soil Fertility Management in Bhutan: Effects on Practices, Nutrient Status and Sustainability    (228 kb)
      author: Chencho Norbu
• Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Predators in the Control of Problem Species    (212 kb)
      author: Tashi Wangchuk
• International Politics of Bhutan    (160 kb)
      author: Karma Galay
• Security of Bhutan: Walking Between the Giants    (160 kb)
      author: Dorji Penjore

Volume 9, Winter 2003

• Finding Happiness in Wisdom and Compassion – The Real Challenge for an Alternative Development Strategy    (72 kb)
      author: Dr. Ross McDonald
• Trade, Development, and the Broken Promise of Interdependence: A Buddhist Reflection on the Possibility of Post-Market Economics    (156 kb)
      author: Peter D. Hershock
• Cherry Picking in Bhutan    (120 kb)
      author: Michael Rowbotham
• Putting Gross National Happiness in the Service of Good Development    (144 kb)
      author: Johannes Hirata
• Bhutan's Quadrilemma: To Join or Not to Join the WTO, that is the Question    (52 kb)
      author: Marc Mancall

Volume 8, Summer 2003

• The Founding of Dungsam Yongla Riwo Pelbar Dargye Chholing and the List of Successive Lamas    (148 kb)
      author: Contributed by Her Majesty The Queen Mother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck
• The First Meeting of the King Ugyen Wangchuck with Raja Ugyen Dorji in Kurjey Lhakhang    (96 kb)
      author: Contributed by Her Majesty The Queen Mother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck
• The Tradition of Betel and Areca in Bhutan    (164 kb)
      author: Francoise Pommaret
• A Language for Rules, Another for Symbols: Linguistic Pluralism and Interpretation of Statutes in the Kingdom of Bhutan    (184 kb)
      author: Alessandro Simoni
• A Provisional Physiographic Zonation of Bhutan    (308 kb)
      author: Chencho Norbu et al
• Types of Land Degradation in Bhutan    (176 kb)
      author: Chencho Norbu et al
• An Analysis of Pegged Exchange Rate Between Bhutan and India    (196 kb)
      author: Karma Galey

Volume 7, Winter 2002

• The Herdsmen's Dilemma    (164 kb)
      author: Karma Ura
• Grazing Management of Temperate Grasslands and Fallows    (164 kb)
      author: Walter Roder
• Grazing Management in National Parks and Protected Areas: Science, Socio-economics and Legislation (Tenure)    (140 kb)
      author: Sangay Wangchuk
• Condition and Potential for Improvement of High Altitude Rangelands    (112 kb)
      author: Pema Gyamtsho
• Grazing Management in Broadleaf Forests    (260 kb)
      author: Lungten Norbu

Volume 6, Summer 2002

• A Brief History of Rigsum Goenpo Lhakhang and Choeten Kora in Trashi Yangtse    (20 kb)
      author: Lam Kezang Chhophel
• Folktale Narration: A Retreating Tradition    (52 kb)
      author: Tandin Dorj
• Integral Development: Taking The Middle Path Towards Gross National Happiness    (224 kb)
      author: Sean Boyd Frye Hargens
• Legal Status of the Internet: Are There Lessons to be Learnt from Domain Names and Trade Marks Disputes?    (84 kb)
      author: Lungten Dubgyur

Volume 5, Winter 2001

• His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama and Bhutan House in Kalimpong    (24 kb)
      author: Her Majesty The Queen Mother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck
• On Bhutanese and Tibetan Dzongs    (84 kb)
      author: Bruskeland Amundsen
• Guide to Chari Monastery- A brief History of Chari Vajraya Monastery    (24 kb)
      author: His Holiness Nawang Tenzin
• History of Has (Ha) Valley    (24 kb)
      author: Ven. Lam Pema Tshewang
• Guide to Chang Gangkha Monastery    (24 kb)
      author: Ven. Lam Pema Tshewang
• The Hidden Valley-Langdraney    (32 kb)
      author: Lhundup
• Publications in Bhutan since the Establishment of the ISBN Agency    (40 kb)
      author: Sonam Kinga
• Patag-The Symbol of Heroes    (308 kb)
      author: Phuntsho Rapten
• Perceptions of Security    (72 kb)
      author: Karma Ura

Volume 3, Number 1, Summer 2001

• Local Resource Management Institutions: A Case Study on Sokshing Management    (120 kb)
      author: Sangay Wangchuk
• Sustaining Conservation Finance: Future Directions for The Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation    (208 kb)
      author: Tobgay S. Namgyal
• Sustainability of Tourism in Bhutan    (52 kb)
      author: Tandi Dorji
• Ensuring Social Sustainability: Can Bhutan’s Education System Ensure Intergenerational Transmission of Values?    (56 kb)
      author: Tashi Wangyal
• The Attributes and Values of Folk and Popular Songs    (92 kb)
      author: Sonam Kinga
• Mass Media: Its Consumption and Impact on Residents of Thimphu and Rural Areas    (68 kb)
      author: Phuntsho Rapten
• Bhutanese Context of Civil Society    (48 kb)
      author: Karma Galay

Volume 2, Number 2, Winter 2000

• Dorje Lingpa and His Rediscovery of the "Gold Needle" in Bhutan    (68 kb)
      author: Samten G. Karmay
• Population and Governance in the mid-18th Century Bhutan, as Revealed in the Enthronement Record of Thugs-sprul 'Jigs med grags pa I (1725-1761)    (76 kb)
      author: John Ardussi and Karma Ura
• The Monetisation of Bhutan    (40 kb)
      author: Nicholas Rhodes
• On the Two Ways of Learning in Bhutan    (108 kb)
      author: Karma Phuntsho
• Recent Bhutanese Scholarship in History and Anthropology    (52 kb)
      author: Francoise Pommaret
• From Living to Propelling Monuments: the Monastery-Fortress (rdzong) as Vehicle of Cultural Transfer in Contemporary Bhutan    (76 kb)
      author: Marc Dujardin
• Signs of the Degenerate Age: the Desecration of Chorten and Lhakhang in Bhutan    (44 kb)
      author: Richard W. Whitecross
• Continuing Customs of Negotiation and Contestation in Bhutan    (68 kb)
      author: Adam Pain and Deki Pema
• The Politics of Bhutan: Change in Continuity    (88 kb)
      author: Thierry Mathou

Volume 2, Number 1, Autumn 2000

• The House of 'Obs-Mtsho - The History of a Bhutanese Gentry Family from the 13th to the 20th Centuries    (92 kb)
      author: John A. Ardussi
• Ancient Trade Partners: Bhutan, Cooch Bihar and Assam (17th - 19th Century)    (64 kb)
      author: Françoise Pommaret
• Change in the Land Use System in Bhutan: Ecology, History, Culture and Power    (72 kb)
      author: Tashi Wangchuk
• Economy of Yak Herders    (112 kb)
      author: Pema Gyamtsho
• A Brief History of Tango Monastery    (48 kb)
      author: Tshenyid Lopen Kuenleg
• Consecration Ceremony of Ka-Gong Phursum Lhakhang in Kurjey, Bumthang by His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche    (28 kb)
      author: Anonymous

Volume 1, Number 1, Autumn 1999

• Father Estavao Cacella's Report on Bhutan in 1627    (88 kb)
      author: Luiza Maria Baillie
• Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye and the Founding of Taktsang Lhakhang    (84 kb)
      author: John A. Ardussi
• The Rapprochement between Bhutan and Tibet under the Enlightened rule of rDse-Sde XIII Shes-rab-dbang-phyug (r. 1774-63)    (60 kb)
      author: John A. Ardussi
• Coinage in Bhutan    (232 kb)
      author: Nicholas Rhodes
• Bhutan: Political Reform in a Buddhist Monarchy    (84 kb)
      author: Thierry Mathou