Kingdom of Mithila

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The Kingdom of Mithila was an ancient Indian realm in the Mithila region, renowned as a major center of Maithili culture, learning, and the Videha dynasty in early South Asian history.

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Kingdom of Mithila canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian realm
ancient kingdom
historical polity
associatedWithFigure King Janaka
Sita
associatedWithText Ramayana
borderedBy Kosala (traditional attribution)
Magadha (traditional attribution)
capital Janakpur (traditional attribution)
linked to: Janakpur
culturalLegacy Maithili art and music
Maithili literature
Maithili religious traditions
culture Maithili culture
dynasty Videha dynasty
economyBasedOn agriculture
trade
flourishedInPeriod late Vedic period (traditional dating)
governedBy king
hasEthnicGroup Maithil people
Videha people
hasTitleForRuler Janaka (dynastic title, traditional)
historicalRegion Videha
knownFor Maithili scholarship
center of learning
philosophical traditions
language early Maithili (traditional attribution)
linkedTradition Janaka–Sita legends
Vedic philosophical debates
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Mithila region
ancient India
partOf Videha
partOfCulturalRegion Greater Mithila
linked to: Mithila region
politicalStatus monarchy
regionNowIn Bihar, India
linked to: Bihar

Terai region of Nepal
linked to: Terai
religion Hinduism (later period, traditional attribution)
Vedic religion
linked to: Vedic Hinduism
ruledBy Videha dynasty
sourceType Hindu epics
Puranic texts
ancient Indian literature
successorCulture Maithil kingdom polities

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Mithila region historicalKingdom Kingdom of Mithila
Maithil people historicalKingdom Kingdom of Mithila
Janakpur traditionalCapitalOf Kingdom of Mithila
subject linked to: historical capital Janakpur