MITHILA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, corresponding to that portion of See also:

• BEHAR, or BIHAR

Behar lying N. of the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges, with an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension into See also:

• NEPAL, NEPAUL

Nepal, where was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Janakpur . Its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history is obscure, but it has always been noted for its See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar conservatism and the learning of its Brahmans . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day one of the five classes of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Brahmans, and their See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head is the Maharaja of See also:

• DARBHANGA

Darbhanga . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, known as Maithili, is a See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect of See also:

• BIHARI (properly Bih(iri)

Bihari, with an archaic See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and a literature of its own .