Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) is a Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Tashi Namgyal.[2] The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to document the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer. Another project seeks to digitize and document old and rare photographs of Sikkim for knowledge distribution. Khempo Dhazar served as head of the Sheda, a Nyingma college attached to the Institute, for six years.[3]
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| Established | 1 October 1958[1] |
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| Location | Gangtok, Sikkim, India |
| Website | tibetology |
History
editThe foundation stone of the museum was laid by the 14th Dalai Lama on 10 February 1957.[4] On 1 October 1958, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology.[5] Sir Tashi Namgyal, the then Maharaja of Sikkim, changed its name into the "Namgyal Research Institute of Tibetology".[6]
Academic journals
editThe Bulletin of Tibetology is an academic journal published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.[7]
References
edit- ^ American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division (1964). Area Handbook for Nepal (with Sikkim and Bhutan). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 372–.
- ^ Abhijeet Deshpande (19 December 2017). Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey. Notion Press. pp. 228–. ISBN 978-1-946556-80-6.
- ^ Silverstone, Marilyn. "Five Nyingma Lamas in Sikkim" (PDF). pp. 13-.
- ^ Central Asia. Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar. 2006.
- ^ "Darbar Gazette: Royal Charter of Incorporation of the Sikkim Research Institute of Technology". Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, British Library: EAP880/1/1/240. Sikkim Palace Archives, Gangtok: Kingdom of Sikkim. 1959. p. 42. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ American Institute of Indian Studies (1980). American Institute of Indian Studies Quarterly Newsletter. American Institute of Indian Studies. pp. 37-.
- ^ "Digital Himalaya: Bulletin of Tibetology". Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
Media related to Namgyal Institute of Tibetology at Wikimedia Commons
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