1. Bhutan - Noun
2. Bhutan - Proper noun
a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India
Source: WordNetAgriculture is an integral part of our culture, the foundation that supported the claims that Bhutan has always been an independent nation. Source: Internet
Administrative integration and conflict with Tibet, 1651–1728 To keep Bhutan from disintegrating, Ngawang Namgyal 's death in 1651 apparently was kept a carefully guarded secret for fifty-four years. Source: Internet
After a series of victories over rival subsect leaders and Tibetan invaders, Ngawang Namgyal took the title Zhabdrung (At Whose Feet One Submits, or, in many Western sources, Dharma Raja), becoming the temporal and spiritual leader of Bhutan. Source: Internet
Although always seeking to be formally neutral and nonaligned in relations with China and India, Bhutan also sought more direct links internationally than had occurred previously under the foreign-policy guidance of India. Source: Internet
Also, some Nepali words are used differently in Bhutan than Nepali in Nepal. Source: Internet
Bhutan had no regular army, and what forces existed were composed of dzong guards armed with matchlocks, bows and arrows, swords, knives, and catapults. Source: Internet