Purvottar Maithili refers to a group of ethnic

Maithils Maithils (Tirhuta: মৈথিল, Devanagari: मैथिल), also known as Maithili people, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent, who speak the Maithili language as their native language. They inhabit the ...

belonging to the

Mithila Mithila may refer to: Places * Mithilā, a synonym for the ancient Videha state ** Mithilā (ancient city), the ancient capital city of Videha * Mithila (region), a cultural region (historical and contemporary), now divided between India and Nepal ...

region but have settled in the North-East region of India and have been there for centuries.{{Cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wcIOc0YaxGEC&dq=maithil+brahmins+assam&pg=PA34 , title=The Peoples of Assam, isbn=9788121200936, last1=Das, first1=Bhuban Mohan, year=1987 Over time they have contributed a lot to the local linguistic and cultural heritage. They speak Maithili but are also fluent in

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

and

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

. They share very similar cultural ties with the Bengalis.

Background

They migrated to this region since the times of the

Ahom Kings Ahom may refer to: * Ahom people, an ethnic community in Assam * Ahom language, a language associated with the Ahom people *Ahom religion, an ethnic folk religion of Tai-Ahom people *Ahom alphabet, a script used to write the Ahom language * Ahom ki ...

for performing various religious duties. Later mass immigration of Maithils was during the time of the British who took them for labours in tea-estates.

References

Culture of Mithila Culture of Assam People from Assam Ethnic groups in Northeast India Ethnic groups in South Asia Ethnic groups in Assam