by Miguel ?lvarez Ortega (Editor), Seiji Kumagai (Editor), Anna Balikci Denjongpa (Editor)

Lying in the southeastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim and the Mon region show a rich and complex development as a contact area of intricate multi-layered cultural tapestries. The area is a fascinating crossroads between, and is therefore influenced by, Central Tibet to its north and Nepal and India to its south.