Punakha shartnomasi

Punakha shartnomasi — 1910-yil 8-yanvarda Britaniya siyosiy masalalar boʻyicha maslahatchisi (siyosiy ofitser) Charlz Alfred Bell va Butan qiroli Ugyen Vangchuk tomonidan imzolangan shartnoma. Bu alohida hujjat emas, balki 1865-yildan beri amalda boʻlgan Sinchila shartnomasiga kiritilgan tuzatish edi^[1]. Shartnomaga koʻra, Britaniya Butanning mustaqilligini kafolatladi va qirollikning tashqi ishlarini oʻz nazoratiga oldi. Bu kelishuv orqali Butan mustamlakachi davlat tomonidan hech qachon bosib olinmagan sanoqli Osiyo davlatlaridan biri ekanligini tasdiqladi^[2][3].

1. ↑ Geography of a Himalayan kingdom: Bhutan. Concept Publishing Company, 2001. 
2. ↑ Rose, Leo E.. The Politics of Bhutan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977 — 24 bet. ISBN 0-8014-0909-8. . — „[T]here can be no doubt that since at least the tenth century no external power has controlled Bhutan, although there have been periods when various of its neighbors have been able to exert a strong cultural and/or political influence there.“.
3. ↑ Michael Aris. The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2005 — 15 bet. ISBN 1-932476-21-0. . — „[Bhutan was] peripheral to the great empire of power and faith [i.e., Tibet], yet never subjugated to it.“.