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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 See also:

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

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