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The Mithila region is situated in the northern plain of Ganges. Main places in this region are Darbhanga, Madhubani, Jhanjharpur, Samastipur, Madhepura, Begusarai, Saharsa, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Purbi Champaran, Paschim Champaran, Munger, Bhagalpur and Janakpur.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mithila (Sanskrit: , mithil) was a kingdom in ancient India. It existed in the eastern Gangetic plains in areas which is today spread over more than half of Bihar state of India, and parts of adjoining Nepal. Mithila was the capital ofVideha Kingdom as per epic Ramayana. This city is identified as modern day Janakpur in Dhanusa district of Nepal. The country of Videha is sometimes referred as Mithila though it was the capital city, much the same way as Kosala Kingdomis referred as Ayodhya though Ayodhya was the capital of Kosala kingdom. According to D.D. Kosmbi, atpath Brhmana tells that Mthava Videgha, led by his priest Gotama Rahugana, was the first king who crossed Sadnir (supposed to be Gandaka) and founded a kingdom, where the people named videhas lived at the time of composition of atpath Brhmana. Gotama Rahugana was a vedic rishi who composed many hymns of the first mandala of Rgveda. Most notable Rgvedic hymns of Gotama Rahugana are those which praise Sva-rjya, which was indisputably the State of Videgha which later became Videha due to phonetic change. Mthava Videgha, therefore, must belong to the Rgvedic period and must have preceded the period of atpath Brhmana by a considerable gap. Rgveda also mentions hymns by Kirja Pratardana in tenth mandala. Hence, Mithil and Khi formed part of the region in which Rgvedic peoples lived. Descendandants of Gotama Rahugana were called Gautama. One such sage lived near Ahilyasthna during the age of Rmyana. The legend of Mithila extends over many centuries. Both Gautama Buddha and Vardamana Mahavira are said to have lived in Mithila. It also formed the center of Indian history during the first millennium, and has contributed to various literary and scriptural works. Maithili is the language spoken in Mithila. Linguists consider Maithili to be an Eastern Indic language, and thus a different language from Hindi, which is Central Indic. Maithili has previously been considered a dialect of both Hindi and Bengali. In fact Maithili is now a part of the Eighth Schedule of Indian official languages. The most important reference to Mithila is in the Hindu epic, Ramayana where Lord Rama's wife Sita is said to have been the princess of the land, born to King Janaka, who ruled Mithila from Janakpur. Other famous kings of Mithila during ancient period are King Bhanumath, Satghumanya, Suchi, Urjnama, Satdhwya, Kriti, Anjan, Arisnami, Srutayu, Supasyu, Suryasu, Srinjay, Sourmabi, Anena, Bhimrath, Satyarath, Upangu, Upgupt, Swagat, Snanand, Subrachya, Supraswa, Subhasn, Suchurut, Susurath, Jay, Vijay, Critu, Suny, Vith Habya, Dwati, Bahulaswa, Kriti Tirtiya.1 Mithila is also the name of a style of Hindu art created in the Mithila area. It started as ritual geometric and symbolic decorations of households done by women, especially before a marriage, on the walls and floors of a house, and not known to many outside the region. After paper was brought to the area, women began to sell their artwork and expand their subjects to popular and local Hindu
deities as well as to the depiction of everyday events. Ganga Devi is perhaps the most famous Mithila artist; she illustrated traditional ritual Mithila decorations, depictions of popular deities, scenes from the Ramayana, and events in her own life.
Economy
Agriculture is the main economic stake of the region. Main crops are paddy, wheat, pulses, moong, urad, arhar, jute (with a recent decline in its production), and maize. These days, with agriculture not able to compete with other parts of the country, it's becoming one of the most backward regions. Flood destroys enormous amounts of crop every year. Due to absence of Industries, weak educational infrastructure and criminalized politics, the majority of youth has to relocate for education and earnings. At the bright side of this relocation, it has made them key players in leading sectors and locations of India. Mithla Painting is now gaining market share back. Now, government is also supporting this as national heritage.
The most unusual and important custom in Mithla is its Marriage tradition. It include four days marriage chautrthi, Barsait, Madhushravni, Kojagara, and finally duragman (First time home coming of bride). It is traditionally fixed using complex genealogical tables called Panchang among Brahmins and Karna Kayasthas. The Story of Gonu Jha, is most favorite among grandmother stories to their grandchildren. Maithili is so sweet and soft to listen and speak that it's tough to guess hot discussions among them.
Kings of Mithila