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Aris, Michael (1994). The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan. London: Serindia Publications.
ISBN9780906026328. (Anglo-Bhutan war of 1864-6; minor mention)
Collister, Peter (1987). Bhutan and the British. London: Serindia Publications.
ISBN0906026180. (The Great Duar War)
Deb, Arabinda (1976). Bhutan and India: A Study in Frontier Political Relations, 1772-1865. Calcutta: Firma KLM. (mainly Duar War)
Singh, Amar Kaur Jasbir (1988). Himalayan Triangle: A Historical Survey of British India's Relations with Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan, 1765-1950. London: British Library.
ISBN9780712306300. (*)
(*) indicates I that don't have access to the book. Regards,
TryKiddubious –
discuss 19:35, 12 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Collister is a primary source for all practical purposes — the material on Duar War and its effects are summarized from British reports etc. with negligible independent analyses and I will prefer citing Rennie or the Mission reports! The less said about Labh, the better and he is not a
HISTRS. Bhutanese textbooks are not suitable for use either. Phuntsho's work can be classed in the genre of
pop history and his academic training was not in history but
Religious Studies.
However, Singh (1988) looks good: I need to consult it. Wangyal and Das are decent too.
TrangaBellam (
talk) 18:26, 28 February 2022 (UTC)reply
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Support per
WP:PRECISE as well; the war was really about the Duars more than it was about Bhutan itself.
Zoozaz1talk 11:53, 25 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Support (as proposer): Karma Phuntsho's The History of Bhutan, considered to be the authoritative book on Bhutanese history, uses the term Duar War. I've listed some other sources in the section above, which mostly use Duar War too. David Rennie, who participated in the war and wrote about the it while returning to England, also used Duar War (although with an archaic spelling of Duar). So it's pretty clear Duar War is the common name. Regards,
TryKiddubious –
discuss 13:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)reply
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Aris, Michael (1994). The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan. London: Serindia Publications.
ISBN9780906026328. (Anglo-Bhutan war of 1864-6; minor mention)
Collister, Peter (1987). Bhutan and the British. London: Serindia Publications.
ISBN0906026180. (The Great Duar War)
Deb, Arabinda (1976). Bhutan and India: A Study in Frontier Political Relations, 1772-1865. Calcutta: Firma KLM. (mainly Duar War)
Singh, Amar Kaur Jasbir (1988). Himalayan Triangle: A Historical Survey of British India's Relations with Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan, 1765-1950. London: British Library.
ISBN9780712306300. (*)
(*) indicates I that don't have access to the book. Regards,
TryKiddubious –
discuss 19:35, 12 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Collister is a primary source for all practical purposes — the material on Duar War and its effects are summarized from British reports etc. with negligible independent analyses and I will prefer citing Rennie or the Mission reports! The less said about Labh, the better and he is not a
HISTRS. Bhutanese textbooks are not suitable for use either. Phuntsho's work can be classed in the genre of
pop history and his academic training was not in history but
Religious Studies.
However, Singh (1988) looks good: I need to consult it. Wangyal and Das are decent too.
TrangaBellam (
talk) 18:26, 28 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Requested move 25 September 2020
The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
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Support per
WP:PRECISE as well; the war was really about the Duars more than it was about Bhutan itself.
Zoozaz1talk 11:53, 25 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Support (as proposer): Karma Phuntsho's The History of Bhutan, considered to be the authoritative book on Bhutanese history, uses the term Duar War. I've listed some other sources in the section above, which mostly use Duar War too. David Rennie, who participated in the war and wrote about the it while returning to England, also used Duar War (although with an archaic spelling of Duar). So it's pretty clear Duar War is the common name. Regards,
TryKiddubious –
discuss 13:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.