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Friday, September 28, 2007

Trade Routes between Bhutan and Assam

* Ray, Indrajit and Ratna Sarkar. 2005. Reconstructing Nineteenth Century Trade Route between Bhutan and Assam: Evidences from British Political Missions. Journal of Bhutan Studies, (2005) Vol. 13.
http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/jbs/JBS_13_01.pdf

* Pommaret, Francoise. 2000. Ancient Trade Partners: Bhutan, Cooch Bihar and Assam (17th - 19th centuries). Journal of Bhutan Studies, (2000) Vol. 2, No. 1.
http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/jbs/JBS_02_01_02.pdf


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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

TibetBlogs.com - Feeds

http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/
18 Sep 2006

tibetblogs.com

Self-description: "Tibet Blogs displays blog updates from tibetan bloggers and serves as an online directory for tibet-related weblogs. If you run a blog site, feel free to add your blog to our directory."

Site contents:
* Tibet News via phayul [www.phayul.com] (The Dalai Lama attends inter-faith dialogue at Lisbon Mosque (2007/9/17); Indian diplomacy after globalisation (2007/9/17); China tightens grip ahead of congress (2007/9/17; Tibetan rights trump trade with China say Canadians (2007/9/17));
* Recently Updated Blogs [published time, name, headline]
2007/9/17 14:29, Beijing Wide Open, Interview with Jamyang Norbu part 2;
2007/9/17 12:31, Pema, Dalai Lama attends inter-faith dialogue at Lisbon Mosque;
2007/9/17 12:03, Pema, Human Rights Torch Relay welcomed in Slovak Republic;
2007/9/17 9:54, SFT, Tibetan Students Used as Olympic Props;
2007/9/17 8:51, Pema, Authorities in Beijing demolish village of petitioners;
2007/9/17 8:28, Pema, Tibetan rights trump trade say Canadians;
2007/9/17 3:02, Tibetan Studies Resources, Bhutan - Institute of Traditional Medical Services (ITMS);
2007/9/17 1:30, Jigtenmig, phyir 'ong ba - Once Returner;
2007/9/16 20:48, mbymrc, Harmonic Healing Night;
2007/9/16 18:25, Attitudezen, Une des cles du bonheur;
2007/9/16 12:21, Tibet Toons, Caricature Sketch;
2007/9/16 11:17, The Secret Tibet, China Detains Tibetans in Lhasa Trader Dispute;
2007/9/16 11:00, The Secret Tibet, Dalai Lama to Meet German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin;
2007/9/16 10:51, The Secret Tibet, Put Tibet On The World Agenda;
2007/9/16 10:49, The Secret Tibet, Spiritual connection with Tibet leads author to novel;
2007/9/16 8:23, Pema, China's worsening human rights.

URL http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000 [in fact, 610 links]


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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Bhutan - Institute of Traditional Medical Services (ITMS)

http://www.health.gov.bt/Indigenous/07kingdom/07htm/07kingdom.htm
16 Sep 2007

Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"The initial pages of the Institute (ITMS) are at [the URL below] and include brief sections on the National Traditional Medicine Hospital (NTMH), National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), the Pharmaceutical and Research Unit (PRU), Herb, and Medicine. Location maps for the NTMH are included. Herbs (dictionary) is still 'Under Construction'. Under 'Medicines' [temporarily unavailable - ed.], there is a detailed listing (A-Z) of many compounds, with their Dzongkha names, details of dose and administration, indications (for use), ingredient listing of the compound with Latin names, comment on the 'intrinsic nature' of the compound (cool, neutral etc), and reference (usually Traditional Medicine National Formulary second edition).
The PRU pages offer a link to Menjong (Sorig) Pharma, the trading arm of the ITMS, at www.menjongpharma.com.bt where details of several products are given. - bcs."

URL http://www.health.gov.bt/Indigenous/07kingdom/07htm/07kingdom.htm

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30


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