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Bhutan: History
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URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856915.html
Although its early history is vague, Bhutan seems to have existed as a political entity for
many centuries. At the beginning of the 16th cent. it was ruled by a dual monarchy
consisting of a Dharma Raja, or spiritual ruler, and a Deb Raja, or temporal ruler. [ eng ] |

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A Brief History of Bhutan
- English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6708/documents/bhutan_hist.html
The people of Bhutan call their country 'Druk-Yul'. In Bhutanese language, Druk means dragon and 'Druk-Yul' means
'the land of the Dragon'. This is because when the sect of Buddhism, which was later to become the dominant religion in
Bhutan was founded by the Shabdrung (see picture on the left) at the Ralung monastery in Tibet, 'a loud roar of the
thunder dragon' was heard echoing to the south. [ eng ] |

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