Mithila region

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cultural region historical region

The Mithila region is a historic and cultural area in the eastern Indian subcontinent, primarily in northern Bihar and parts of Nepal, known for its Maithili language, rich literary heritage, and distinctive Mithila (Madhubani) painting tradition.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Mithila 9
Khagaria (partly) 1
Maithili cultural region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
artForm Madhubani painting ⓘ
Madhubani painting ⓘ
surface form: Mithila painting
associatedWithFigure King Janaka ⓘ
Sita ⓘ
surface form: Sita from the Ramayana
borderedBy Ganga River to the south ⓘ
Himalayas to the north ⓘ
capital historical capital Janakpur ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage Nyaya and Mimamsa philosophical traditions ⓘ
Vedic scholarship ⓘ
culturalIdentity Maithil identity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Maithil people ⓘ
festival Chhath Puja ⓘ
Durga Puja ⓘ
Jitiya ⓘ
Sama Chakeva ⓘ
hasPart Darbhanga district ⓘ
Madhubani district ⓘ
Muzaffarpur district ⓘ
Saharsa district ⓘ
Samastipur district ⓘ
Sitamarhi district ⓘ
parts of eastern Terai of Nepal ⓘ
historicalKingdom Kingdom of Mithila ⓘ
Videha ⓘ
historicalLanguage Maithili ⓘ
knownFor Madhubani painting ⓘ
Maithili literature ⓘ
Maithili music ⓘ
Madhubani painting ⓘ
surface form: Mithila painting

distinctive folk traditions ⓘ
religious scholarship ⓘ
language Maithili ⓘ
locatedIn Nepal ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Terai ⓘ
surface form: Terai region of Nepal

north Bihar ⓘ
surface form: northern Bihar
majorCity Darbhanga district ⓘ
surface form: Darbhanga

Janakpur ⓘ
Madhubani district ⓘ
surface form: Madhubani
officialLanguageStatus Maithili ⓘ
surface form: Maithili is a scheduled language of India
partOf eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
religiousSite Janaki Mandir in Janakpur ⓘ
traditionalCuisine Maithil cuisine ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Tirhuta script ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyaya → center → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila (for Navya-Nyaya, historical)
Sena dynasty → coreTerritory → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Vidyapati → culturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tirhut (historic Mithila area)
Saharsa district → hasCulturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili cultural region
this entity surface form: Khagaria (partly)
Supaul district → isPartOfCulturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Madhubani district → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ
Samastipur district → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Darbhanga district → region → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Maithili → region → Mithila region ⓘ
Saharsa district → region → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Sitamarhi district → region → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Supaul district → region → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Vidyapati → region → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila
Eastern Nagari script → usedIn → Mithila region ⓘ
Tirhuta script → usedInRegion → Mithila region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mithila