History of Bhutan
Bhutan' may be derived from the Sanskrit word 'Bhu-Uttan' which means 'High Land' . In another theory of sanskritisation, 'Bhots-ant' means 'end of Tibet' or 'south of Tibet'. However some Bhutanese call their country 'Druk Yul' and its inhabitants 'Drukpa'. The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means "Land of the Thunder Dragon" and it only began to open up to outsiders in the 1970s.T he Wangchuck hereditary monarchy has wielded power since 1907. But Bhutan became a two-party parliamentary democracy after elections in March 2008 Bhutan's historical period begins at about 747 A.D., when the revered religious leader Guru Padma Sambhava came from Tibet and introduced Buddhism to the country . Known also as Guru Rinpochoe this remarkable man -- almost as highly esteemed as Buddha himself in Bhutan -- is credited with various events. Bhutan’s rugged mountains and dense forests long rendered it almost inacces