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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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Mithila	51
Mithila region canonical	44
Mithila culture	3
Ancient Mithila	1
Greater Mithila	1
Khagaria (partly)	1
Maithil cultural region	1
Maithil culture area	1
Maithili cultural region	1
Mithila (for Navya-Nyaya, historical)	1
Tirhut (historic Mithila area)	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 (106)

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

Maithili → region → Mithila region ⓘ

Nyaya → center → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila (for Navya-Nyaya, historical)

Eastern Nagari script → usedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Sena dynasty → coreTerritory → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Vidyapati → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Vidyapati → culturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tirhut (historic Mithila area)

Madhubani district → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Darbhanga district → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Tirhuta script → usedInRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Sitamarhi district → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Sitamarhi district → partOfCulturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Saharsa district → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Saharsa district → hasCulturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maithili cultural region

Saharsa district → hasLokSabhaConstituency → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khagaria (partly)

Supaul district → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Supaul district → isPartOfCulturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Samastipur district → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Gangesha Upadhyaya → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Sita → associatedWith → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

north Bihar → knownFor → Mithila region ⓘ

subject surface form: North Bihar

this entity surface form: Mithila culture

north Bihar → administrativelyIncludes → Mithila region ⓘ

subject surface form: North Bihar

Magadh region → adjacentTo → Mithila region ⓘ

Padavali (Maithili love and devotional songs) → culturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Bhagavat Paricaya → regionOfOrigin → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Maithil Kavi Kokil → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Maithil Kavi Kokil → associatedWithRegionOfFigure → Mithila region ⓘ

Benipatti → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Benipatti → hasCulturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Benipatti → culturalAffiliation → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila culture

Phulparas → locatedInRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Babubarhi → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

Laukahi → region → Mithila region ⓘ

Khajauli → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

Harlakhi → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Harlakhi → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Andhratharhi → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

Kaluahi → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

Ladania → locatedInRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

Jainagar → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Maithil people → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Darbhanga division → region → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Darbhanga division → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Darbhanga division → historicalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila

Darbhanga division → culturalRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maithil culture area

Basopatti → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

Pusa, Bihar → partOfRegion → Mithila region ⓘ

Madhubani painting → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Mithila region ⓘ

Madhepur → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

Jhanjharpur → locatedIn → Mithila region ⓘ

Jhanjharpur → partOf → Mithila region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithila