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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Mithila canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Janakpur (traditional attribution)
|
| 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 |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Mithila region ⓘ ancient India ⓘ |
| partOf | Videha ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalRegion |
Mithila region
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Mithila
|
| politicalStatus | monarchy ⓘ |
| regionNowIn |
Bihar
ⓘ
surface form:
Bihar, India
Terai ⓘ
surface form:
Terai region of Nepal
|
| religion |
Hinduism (later period, traditional attribution)
ⓘ
Vedic Hinduism ⓘ
surface form:
Vedic religion
|
| ruledBy | Videha dynasty ⓘ |
| sourceType |
Hindu epics
ⓘ
Puranic texts ⓘ ancient Indian literature ⓘ |
| successorCulture | Maithil kingdom polities ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Janakpur