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	MITHILA ONLINE.....Gateway to Mithila
		Mithila is an ancient cultural region of South Nepal and North India lying between the lower ranges of the Himalayas and the Ganges River.
		The Gandak and Kosi Rivers are rough western and eastern boundaries of Mithila.
		The Ramayana records a dynastic marriage between Prince Rama of Ayodhya and Sita, the daughter of Raja Janak of Mithila.
	www.mithilaonline.com (86 words)

	Mithila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		* Mithila (Sanskrit: मिथिला, mithilā) was a kingdom in ancient India.
		The most important reference to Mithila is in the Hindu epic, Ramayana where Lord Rama's wife Sita is said to have been the princess of the land, born to King Janaka, who ruled Mithila from Janakpur.
		Ganga Devi is perhaps the most famous Mithila artist; she illustrated traditional ritual Mithila decorations, depictions of popular deities, scenes from the Ramayana, and events in her own life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mithila (521 words)

	Mithila, Maithili, Mithilanchal - The Soul of Maithils
		On the north of this land of Mithila stands the Himalayas; to the west the Na'rayan'ii-Gan'd'aka river; in the south the Ganges, and to the east, the old Kaoshii river.
		Another speciality of the pronunciation in Mithila is that the vowel sounds ending in long "ii" become changed into short "i", and the last vowel is pronounced before the consonant ; for instance, ma't'i is pronounced as ma't'.
		Mithila has its own code of inheritance which is prevalent from the Nara'ya'nii Gand'haka to the Kaoshii river.
	themithila.tripod.com (2431 words)

	Darbhanga Raj
		Mithila is an ancient cultural region of North India lying between the lower ranges of the Himalayas and the Ganges River.
		In the thirteenth century Mithila was invaded by Afghans, who deposed the Kshatriya ruler and placed a Maithil Brahman in control of land revenues over much of this region.
		Rajputs The 100,000 Rajputs in Mithila are not native to the area, but came during the Mughal era and became zamindars.
	www.csuchico.edu /anth/mithila/darbhangaraj.htm (1060 words)

	Mithila Paintings of Bihar,Mithila Walls Painting, Traditional wall Paintings of India, Patna Qalam, Dastan-i-Amir ...
		The people of Mithila in northern Bihar stick to their centuries old custom and orthodox belief that the land of Mithila or Mithialanchal is holier when compared to other parts of Bihar.
		The tradition of painting walls for beautification of dwellings in Mithila is believed to have survived from the epic period.
		The land of Mithila is covered by the present districts of Champaran, Saharasa, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur, parts of Munger, Beguserai, Bhagalpur and Purnea.
	www.indiaprofile.com /art-crafts/bihar-paintings.htm (1494 words)

	Mithila unit overview
		By creating brochures and painting in the Mithila style, students will explore the discipline of art historian or curator and recognize the strikingly creative use of elements and principles of design.
		By developing their personal iconography in the design of brochures for an exhibit of their paintings, students will share with Mithila artists the satisfaction of documenting personally significant life experiences in their art.
		Mithila is the traditional birthplace of Sita, the beautiful daughter of King Janaka and heroine of the epic.
	ias.berkeley.edu /orias/Mithila/OverviewMithila.htm (604 words)

	THE SUNDAY POST ( a weekly magazine of the kathmandu post ) - 2nd Page)
		Though Lord Buddha ‘the light of Asia’ was born in Lumbini, Buddhism is not prevalent in Mithila.
		Shavism is the oldest religious cult prevalent in Mithila and it has a deep impact on the life and culture of the people of this land.
		The people of Mithila worship Lord Shiva Maheswor (the great Lord of all gods) on the auspicious occasion of Shivaratri which is thirteenth day of the dark fortnight of Phalguna (Feb-March).
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/sundaypost/2002/mar/mar10/2ndpage.htm (2684 words)

	OPINION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Mithila we are happily enjoying many such useless celebrations that have no use, no worth, no significance but we are following the "died people’s rule" in other word I would like to say we are being ruled by dead people.
		According to George Grierson Vajjika is western Maithili and Angika is southern Maithili and Muslims of Mithila speak Jolahi Maithili.
		Mithila protagonists are well aware that the utility of Hindi and English is in the modern era but at the same time we want statehood not only for our socio-economic regenration but alos for our cultural identity rather more for so.
	mithila_samachar.tripod.com /mithilasamachar/id7.html (6269 words)

	Mithila
		The Mithila paintings derive from an ancient cultural region in northern Bihar where women’s paintings have been used to consecrate space for human habitation and ritual purposes for many generations.
		In this region, a sharp contrast is drawn between ritual, consecrated space and the ordinary space inhabited by dangerous spirits where chaos reigns.
		In addition to the Mithila paintings and Indian brasses found in the University Art Collection, he donated some 3000 ‘god posters’ to Special Collections in Bird Library, a collection which attracts scholars from around the world.
	www.maxwell.syr.edu /gai/programs/sac/BanyanTree/Mithila.htm (401 words)

	About EFA and Mithila Painting
		The Ethnic Arts Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 dedicated to the continuing development of Mithila Painting.
		In January 2003 the EAF established a free Mithila Art Institute in Madhubani to further the training and opportunities of talented young Mithila painters.
		This website is intended to encourage still fuller recognition of the Mithila painters and the vibrant tradition they are both drawing from, and building upon.
	www.mithilapainting.org /about.html (135 words)

	Mithila Paintings: Past, Present and Future Dr. Kailash K. Mishra
		The Mithila painting is one of the living creative activities of the women of this region.
		Mithila is that sacred land where the founders of Buddhism and Jainism; the scholars of all six orthodox branches of Sanskrit learning such as Yajnavalkya, Bridha Vachaspati, Ayachi Mishra, Shankar Mishra, Gautam, Kapil, Sachal Mishra, Kumaril Bhatt and Mandan Mishra were born.
		Yonder this is Mithila, the birthplace of Sita.
	ignca.nic.in /kmsh0002.htm (6089 words)

	About EFA and Mithila Painting
		After numerous discussions with local painters it was agreed that the Ethnic Arts Foundation should establish a free Mithila Art Institute (MIA) in Madhubani to encourage and support the development of the younger generation of Mithila painters.
		Some of the students had totravel daily by bus or bicycle from distant parts of the Mithila region, and modest scholarships were available for those who could otherwise not attend.
		They are also being introduced to broader cultural issues in the Mithila and Indian traditions, as well as the arts of other regions of the world.
	www.mithilapainting.org /artins.html (332 words)

	National 7 (Spotlight Weekly)
		Be it in the Malla period or later, the palaces of the valley used to invite artists from Mithila in a quest to bring out enduring works from the region's storehouse of creativity.
		This is the first time senior artists have been invited to paint the traditional beauty of Mithila and they have captured it in full resplendence.
		Virtually every household in Mithila, which consists of more than half a dozen districts in the central terai region, is familiar with the traditional underpinnings of art.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2002/may/may24/national7.htm (588 words)

	Indigo Arts \| News \| Indian Folk Painting 2003
		For centuries the women of Mithila have decorated the walls of their houses with intricate, linear designs on the occasion of marriages and other ceremonies, Painting is a key part of the education of Mithila women, culminating in the painting of the walls of the kohbar, or nuptial chamber on the occasion of a wedding.
		The women of Mithila were encouraged to apply their painting skills to paper as a means of supplementing their meager incomes.
		Works by several of these Mithila artists (Baua Devi, Sita Devi and Mahasundari Devi), along with Santhal jadupatua paintings and old Bengali scrolls, are included in the show Stories, Ceremonies and Souvenirs: Popular Paintings from Eastern India, currently on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
	www.indigoarts.com /news_indiaptg2003.html (751 words)

	MITHILA ONLINE.....Gateway to Mithila
		It is also called Tirhutia because Tirhut is another name of the same region, which is derived from Tirabhukti, which means the bank of the river purified thrice by the sacrifices.
		The forms of Protomaithili words are also obtained sporadically in Prakrit Paingalam and other Sanskrit works written by scholars of Mithila under the native influence.
		In 14th c AD Kavi Shekhar Jotirishwar used the language Avahatta, a form of Protomaithili in his Varnaratnakar, which depicts the oldest prose used for the first time in any of the languages of Northeastern India.
	www.mithilaonline.com /maithili.html (1043 words)

	Special Collections
		Mithila artists draw inspiration from their geographic and historical closeness with these epic characters.
		Awareness of details of the lives and settings in which the artists have created their works is however considered to greatly enrich the interpretation process.
		Mithila drawings were originally wall and floor drawings made by village women on the mud walls of typical village homes.
	www.oberlin.edu /library/special/religions/mithila.html (514 words)

	... Mithila Yatra ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mithila is an ancient cultural region of Southern Nepal and North India lying between the lower ranges of the Himalayas and the Ganges River.
		Mithila art and literature are renowned all over South Asia and in Mithila Yatra people have the chance to hear about it.
		The voices of members of the mithila community are often broadcast in this show.
	www.radiosagarmatha.org /programmes/mithilayatra.htm (97 words)

	Mithila, Maithili, Maithil, janak, vidyapati, janakpur, Madhubani, Madhubani pantings, Madhubani painting, maithili, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language that is spoken by the people of North- Eastern Bihar and Nepal.
		The language has been named Maithili because it is spoken in the ancient land of Mithila.
		Cast In Mithila: There are basecally four cast in mithila...
	ccc.1asphost.com /mithiladham (240 words)

	Mithila Painting Workshop, March 20, 2005, Outreach World
		UPDATE: The Mithila painting workshop is full, but a lesson plan and image library are available online.
		For centuries in Northern India, in the Mithila region where Sita of the Ramayana was born, women have decorated the walls of the wedding chamber with ornate paintings.
		In addition to their aesthetic appeal, the technique and subject matter of the Mithila paintings make them particularly useful as curriculum tools for 6th and 10th grade history, international economics, anthropology and, of course, art.
	www.outreachworld.org /activity.asp?eventid=175 (284 words)

	Dreambook - Mithila - the ancient kingdom / the new community
		But while Mithila's fame does not rest on heroic deeds it must be duly honored as the house where the enlightened and learned might always find a generous, peace and safety.
		Mithila is made up of not less than three ancient principalities,namely Videha,Vaishali and Anga.Thus it would be like the United Province of Agra and Awadh popularly known as United Province now constituted into the state Uttar Pradesh.
		Mithila Darpan (Saptahic samacharpatra) 53/12 First Floor,Old Rajinder Nagar,New Delhi-110060,Ph:25823559,9810282402, E-Mail:mithiladarpan@yahoo.com This weekly Newspaper is going to be published from the second week of August.It will strive to bring forth news from every part of MITHILA.Printed and published from Delhi, it has created a network which expands from Bhagalpur-Banka to Terai Region of Nepal.
	books.dreambook.com /mithila/gbook.html (6476 words)

	Peacock-Peahen
		Used in many Mithila paintings, the peacock is considered a symbol of eternity.
		But the Mithila painter has never boasted of realistic art.
		The line of the painting is static and unimportant compared to the colour, which is at its emotive best here.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /product/DB30 (165 words)

	Mithila unit bibliography
		Ganga Devi: Tradition and Expression in Mithila Painting.
		"Mithila Painting: Past, Present, and Future" by Dr. Kailash K. Mishra
		Mithila Painters: Five Village Artists from Madhubani, India, Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI What is this unit?
	ias.berkeley.edu /orias/Mithila/BibliographyMithila.htm (126 words)

	South Asia Institute
		The internationally acclaimed "Gujarat Series," which features twenty-three paintings of the Indian Mithila style by artist Santosh Kumar Das is currently on exhibit at UT. The series exemplifies an important new conceptual methodology emerging from the traditional religious subject matter of Mithila painting: social commentary.
		The current exhibit features twenty-three paintings in the Mithila style and exemplifies an important new conceptual methodology, political commentary, distinct from the traditional religious subject of this school.
		He is currently the Director of the Mithila Art Institute, where he works with young adults to further their talents within the Mithila painting traditions.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/insts/southasia/news/archives/santoshdas/?path[0]=southasia&path[1]=news&path[2]=archives&path[3]=santoshdas&content=news/archives/santoshdas (418 words)

	Madhubani, the art of Mithila, paintings of epic:
		An exhibition titled, the Art of Mithila, is presently being held at the Contemporary Art Gallery.
		The exhibition is the transition of these art works from the walls of the mud to the contemporary world of interiors.
		Sharad Kumar, the grandson of Chandrakala Devi is presently trying to preserve his lineage by collecting these antiquated artworks from the interiors of Mithila.
	www.ahmedabad.com /incity/2k/mar/25art.htm (338 words)

	Mithila Hotel - a charming European-style hotel located in the heart of downtown San Francisco
		Mithila Hotel - a charming European-style hotel located in the heart of downtown San Francisco
		The Mithila Hotel is a charming European-style hotel located in the heart of downtown San Francisco,offering beautiful guest rooms, warm gracious services and excellent value surrounded near major attractions.
		We are walking distance to Union Square, Chinatown, theaters and world -class restaurants.
	www.mithilahotel.com (94 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Siege of Mithila (Ramayana): Books: Ashok K. Banker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He must journey to Mithila - a city lying directly in the path of destruction.
		With Siege of Mithila Ashok K Banker succeeds in expanding on his rich tapestry of adventure and continues to delight with his unique re-telling.
		Fortunately this three thousand year old story has been split into seven books to make it digestable, and so far the first two, Prince Of Ayodhya, and Siege of Mithila are on par with the best fantasy epics of our generation.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Siege-Mithila-Ramayana-Ashok-Banker/dp/1841491985 (1550 words)

	Mithilanchal ... Heart Of Mithila
		Mithila is an ancient kingdom now split between northern Bihar in India and the Tarai region of
		This site is a starting place to learn more about Mithila culture and history.
		Mithila is the place for maithils to interact about mithila culture, mithila
	www.msjsoftware.com /articles/article.asp?ID=40478 (196 words)

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