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Pre-colonial Duars as Indo-Bhutan borderland: Towards a historical reconstruction

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  • Somoshree De

    (University of North Bengal, Darjeeling)

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Drawing upon official and local Indian sources, translations of Bhutanese sources, colonial records, oral history reports and field reports, this article aims to outline a connected history of a frontier region called Duars, and its role as Indo-Bhutan borderland during the pre-colonial period. The article highlights the need to rethink and interrogate how human history has been conventionally written by opening up the possibility of engaging with sacred/divine periods in the regional historical narratives and oral accounts that throws light on the nature and evolution of political and social formations of an ecoregion such as Duars.

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  • Somoshree De, 2026. "Pre-colonial Duars as Indo-Bhutan borderland: Towards a historical reconstruction," The Indian Economic & Social History Review, , vol. 63(1), pages 55-75, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indeco:v:63:y:2026:i:1:p:55-75
    DOI: 10.1177/00194646251415056
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    1. Minerva Campion, 2018. "The Construction of the Amazonian Borderlands through the longue durée: An Indigenous Perspective," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(1), pages 123-140, January.
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