District de SitamarhiSitamarhi is one of the districts in the Mithila region of the Indian state of Bihar, India. Dumra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is a part of the Tirhut Division and is located along the border of Nepal. This place is considered as birthplace of Sita, the main character of the epic Ramayana and a temple dedicated to Sita lies near Sitamarhi town. A Rock cut sanctuary of Mauryan period is found near Sitamarhi. In 1875, a Sitamarhi subdistrict was created within the Muzaffarpur district.
District de SaharsaSaharsa is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. Saharsa city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Saharsa district is a part of the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 and has subsequently become smaller with other districts being carved from it, most notably Madhepura in 1981. Saharsa is located in the Mithila region, one of the earliest centers of Brahminical civilization in India. Saharsa is considered as the heart of whole Mithila region.
Division de PurniaPurnia division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Purnia is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of Purnia district, Katihar district, Araria district, and Kishanganj district. It was established in 1990. It is also known as Seemanchal. It is a part of the Kosi—Seemanchal subregion of the cultural Mithila region. Purnia division, all of which was previously part of Purnia district, is part of the Mithila region.
District de SarlahiSarlahi (सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which covers an area of and had a population of 635,701 in 2001 and 769,729 in 2011. It is bordered to the west by the Bagmati River, to the east by Mahottari District, to the north by the Sivalik Hills, and to the south by Bihar State of India. Generally, the people of Sarlahi believe that the name Sarlahi comes from the name of the Sarla Devi temple.
VidehaLe royaume de Videha de l'Inde ancienne était situé au Népal à l'est de la rivière Gandaki et à l'ouest de la rivière Koshi, au nord du Gange et au sud de l'Himalaya. Sa capitale est Mithila. Contemporainement, la région est divisée entre l'état du nord de l'Inde du Bihar et le Népal. Pendant la période védique tardive (vers -850 à -500), Videha devient un centre culturel et politique dominant de l'Asie du Sud.
MaïthiliLe maïthili (autonyme : मैथिली maithilī) est une langue de la famille des langues indo-iraniennes qui fait partie des langues indo-européennes. Il est parlé en Inde dans l'État du Bihar, et au Népal dans la partie orientale du Teraï. Les linguistes considèrent que le maïthili est une langue indo-aryenne orientale, différente du hindi, alors qu'il a été longtemps considéré comme un dialecte de l'hindi ou du bengalî. Ce n'est qu'en 2003 qu'il a acquis le statut de langue autonome en Inde et depuis 2007 qu'il est reconnu au Népal par la constitution comme l'une des 129 langues népalaises.
Oiniwar dynastyThe Oiniwar dynasty, or Aainwar dynasty also known as the Sugauna dynasty, was a Maithil ruling dynasty of territories that form part of the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. They governed the area between 1325 and 1526, being preceded by the Karnat dynasty. Following the demise of the dynasty, emerged the dynasty of the Raj Darbhanga. The rulers of the Oiniwar dynasty governed their lands between 1325 and 1526 however their rule from 1526 till 1526 have been not very well documented/fruitfuil.
MaïthilsLes Maïthils (Tirhuta : মৈথিল, Devanagari : मैथिल), également connu sous le nom de peuple Maïthili, est un groupe ethno-linguistique indo-aryen du sous-continent indien, dont la langue maternelle est le maïthili. Ils habitent la région de Mithila, qui comprend les divisions de Tirhut, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Munger, Bhagalpur et en Inde et certains districts voisins du Népal. La patrie maïthil constitue une partie importante de la mythologie hindoue, puisqu'on dit qu'elle est le lieu de naissance de Sītā, l'épouse de Rāma.
TeraïLe Teraï, ou Téraï (तराई, तराइ, tarāī), est la partie népalaise de la plaine indo-gangétique qui couvre également une large partie de l'Inde du Nord. Le Teraï est parsemé de prairies marécageuses, de savanes et de forêts tropicales. Son altitude est comprise entre 60 et 300 mètres. Le climat y est subtropical. Il constitue le grenier à blé du pays ainsi qu'un centre industriel et financier actif. La région est essentiellement peuplée d'ethnies représentant près de la moitié de la population du Népal.
BhumiharBhumihars, also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan, are a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Nepal. They have traditionally been a land-owning group of eastern India, and controlled some small princely states and zamindari estates in the region in the early 20th century. They played an important role in the peasant movements and politics of Bihar.
