Sikkim

Sikkim was a Himalayan kingdom between Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Before its monarchy arose, Lepcha communities inhabited its valleys. In 1642 three lamas consecrated the Bhutia noble Phuntsog Namgyal as the first Chogyal at Yuksom.

His dynasty ruled as a Tibetan protectorate and moved the capital to Rabdentse in 1670. Nepal and Bhutan invaded from the mid-eighteenth century; the Nepalese sack of Rabdentse in 1788 drew in a Qing army. The 1817 Treaty of Titalia tied Sikkim to British India.