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MITHILA

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 620 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MITHILA  , an

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ancient
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kingdom of
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India, corresponding to that portion of
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Behar lying N. of the
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Ganges, with an
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extension into
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Nepal, where was the
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capital of Janakpur . Its
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early
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history is obscure, but it has always been noted for its
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peculiar conservatism and the learning of its Brahmans . They
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form to this
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day one of the five classes of
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northern Brahmans, and their
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head is the Maharaja of
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Darbhanga . The
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language, known as Maithili, is a
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dialect of
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Bihari, with an archaic
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system of
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grammar and a literature of its own .

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