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This is a timeline of Bhutanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Bhutan and its predecessor states. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In the 12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. [2]
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The other literary languages, Nepali and Lepcha, have not featured in Bhutan's own literature. In Western Bhutan the predominant language is Dzongkha, in the east it is Tshangla and along the southern belt it is Nepali. Several other important regional languages also exist. [5] Dzongkha is a descendant of Chöke (Classical Tibetan), which was ...
The Bhutanese monarchy was established on 17 December 1907, unifying the country under the control of the Wangchuck dynasty, hereditary penlops (governors) of Trongsa Province. The King of Bhutan , formally known as the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), also occupies the office of Druk Desi under the " Dual System of Government ".
Much of early Bhutanese history is unclear because most of the records were destroyed when fire ravaged the ancient capital, Punakha, in 1827. By the 10th century, Bhutan's religious history had a significant impact on its political development. Various subsects of Buddhism emerged that were patronised by the various Mongol warlords.
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Kunzang Choden (Dzongkha: ཀུན་བཟང་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།; born 1952) [1] is a Bhutanese writer. She is the first Bhutanese woman to write a novel in English. Choden was born in Bumthang District. Her parents were feudal landlords. At the age of nine, her father sent her to school in India, where she learned English. [2]