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Padmasimha
Padmasimha ( Maithili: पद्म सिंह) was the ninth king of the Oiniwar Dynasty in the Mithila Kingdom of the Indian subcontinent during 15th century CE. He ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom in 1428 CE after the death of the ruler queen Lakhimadevi. He was the brother of the popular King Shivasimha. Early life Padmasimha was born in the royal family of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. He was the younger son of the King Devasimha. He was a Maithil Brahmin and belonged to Kashyapgotra. Rule Padmasimha established a new village known as Padma The Padma () is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the eastern and main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River, near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is situated on the bank ... after his name in the kingdom. Then he made the new village Padma as his capital. The site of the capital is presently known as ''Dharaharba Dih''. He was a great warr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Village
Padma ( Maithili: पद्मा) is a historical village in the Mithila region of Indian subcontinent. It is situated in the Ladania block of the Madhubani district in the state of Bihar in India. According to historical documents, the village was founded by King Padmasimha of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. King Padmasimha established his capital of the kingdom at the village of Padma. The village is close to the Indo-Nepal international border. Presently the village is connected by the National Highway 227 with other parts of the country. Dharaharba Dih The Dharaharba Dih is an archaeological site in the village. It was the royal palace of the King Padmasimha when he established the village as his capital. The history of the Dharaharba Dih is mentioned in the text Mithila Mahatmya Mithila Mahatmya (Sanskrit: मिथिला महात्म्य ) is a religious text which describes the glories of the Mithila region. It is a section within the larger '' Brihadvish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwasa Devi
Vishwasa Devi (Maithili: विश्वास देवी, Romanised: ''Viśvasadevi'') was the queen of the Mithila Kingdom in the Oiniwar Dynasty during the 15th-century. She ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom after the death of the '' King Padmasimha''. She ruled the kingdom for twelve years since 1431 CE to 1443 CE. She was the tenth ruler in the Oiniwar Dynasty of the Kingdom. Apart from being the ruler of the kingdom, she was also an eminent scholar of the Sanskrit literature. Later life Her names in different historical documents are written with slightly different spelling. They are ''Vishwasa Devi'', ''Viśvasadevi'', ''Visvasadevi'' and ''Viswavasa Devi''. She was married to the ''King Padmasimha'' of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. Padmasimha was the brother of the King Shivasimha in Mithila. After the marriage with King Padmasimha, she became the queen of the kingdom. The king Padmasimha later died in 1431 CE without having a child. Since the king was chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakhimadevi
Lakhimadevi (Maithili language, Maithili: लखीमादेवी) was the queen of the Videha, Mithila Kingdom in Oiniwar dynasty, Oiniwar Dynasty during the period of the Shiva Simha Singh, King Shivasimha in the kingdom. She was contemporary of the prominent Maithili language, Maithili poet Vidyapati. She was the wife of the King Shivasimha in Mithila. After the missing and death of the King Shivasimha, the queen took control of the Mithila Kingdom. The Mithila Kingdom was also known as Tirhut Kingdom those days. She was the eighth ruler in the Oiniwar Dynasty of the kingdom. The history of the queen Lakhimadevi is elaborated in the text ''Purushapariksha'' composed by the Maithils, Maithil scholar Vidyapati. She is much praised by the Maithil scholar Vidyapati in his compositions. He has written about the queen Lakhimadevi as a praise in his text quoted She is also known as ''Lakshmi Devi''. The poet Vidyapati in his poems had emotionally described the queen as the form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Monarchs
This article is a list of the various dynasties and monarchs that have ruled in the Indian subcontinent and it is one of several lists of incumbents. The earliest Indian rulers are known from epigraphical sources found in archeological inscriptions on Ashokan edicts written in Pali language and using brahmi script. They are also known from the literary sources like Sanskrit literature, Jain literature and Buddhist literature in context of literary sources. Archaeological sources include archeological remains in Indian subcontinent which give many details about earlier kingdoms, monarchs, and their interactions with each other. Early types of historic documentation include metal coins with an indication of the ruler, or at least the dynasty, at the time. These Punch-marked coins were issued around 600s BCE and are found in abundance from the Maurya Empire in 300s BCE. There are also stone inscriptions and documentary records from foreign cultures from around this time. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devasimha
Devasimha ( Maithili: देव सिंह) was the sixth king of the Oiniwar Dynasty in the Mithila Kingdom of the Indian subcontinent. He ruled the kingdom during the early period of the 15th century CE. He ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom after the King Bhavasimha. Early life Devasimha was born in the royal family of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. He was a Maithil Brahmin and belonged to Kashyap Gotra In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotr .... He was the eldest son of the King Bhavasimha. His younger brothers were ''Harasimha'' and ''Tripurasimha''. References {{India-royal-stub Indian monarchs Mithila History of Mithila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified by adherence to the concept of ''dharma'', a Ṛta, cosmic order maintained by its followers through rituals and righteous living, as expounded in the Vedas. The word ''Hindu'' is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, it has also been described by the modern term ''Sanātana Dharma'' () emphasizing its eternal nature. ''Vaidika Dharma'' () and ''Arya dharma'' are historical endonyms for Hinduism. Hinduism entails diverse systems of thought, marked by a range of shared Glossary of Hinduism terms, concepts that discuss God in Hinduism, theology, Hindu mythology, mythology, among other topics in Hindu texts, textual sources. Hindu texts have been classified into Śruti () and Smṛti (). The major Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maithili Language
Maithili ( , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi Province, Koshi and Madhesh Provinces. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. It is the second most commonly spoken native languages of Nepal, Nepalese language constitutionally registered as one of the fourteen provincial official languages of Nepal. It is spoken by 21.7 million people. Of those, 3.2 million are Nepalis, Nepalese speakers. The language is predominantly written in Devanagari, but the historical Tirhuta script, Tirhuta and Kaithi scripts retained some use until today. Official status In 2003, Maithili was included in the 8th Schedule, Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution as a recognised language of India, Indian language, which allows it to be used in education, government, and other official contexts in India. The Maithili language i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Videha
Videha ( Prākrit: ; Pāli: ; Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Videha, the Vaidehas, were initially organised into a monarchy but later became a (an aristocratic republic), presently referred to as the Videha Republic, which was part of the larger Vajjika League. Location The borders of the Videha kingdom were the Sadānirā river in the west, the Kauśikī river in the east, the Gaṅgā river in the south, and the Himālaya mountains in the north. To the west of the Sadānirā river, the neighbour of the Vaidehas was the kingdom of Kosala. The Sadānirā and Kauśikī rivers remained the respective western and eastern boundaries of the later Videha republic, although its territory covered only the northern part of that of the former Videha kingdom, with the latter hence being called Mahā-Videha ("greater Videha"). The Videha republic was located along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. (subscription required) Although the terms "Indian subcontinent" and "South Asia" are often also used interchangeably to denote a wider region which includes, in addition, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, the "Indian subcontinent" is more of a geophysical term, whereas "South Asia" is more geopolitical. "South Asia" frequently also includes Afghanistan, which is not considered part of the subcontinent even in extended usage.Jim Norwine & Alfonso González, ''The Third World: states of mind and being'', pages 209, Taylor & Francis, 1988, Quote: ""The term "South Asia" also signifies the Indian Subcontinent""Raj S. Bhopal, ''Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies'', pages 33, Oxford University Press, 2007, ; Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiva Simha Singh
Shiva Simha Singh, also known as Sivasimha, was a king of the Oiniwar dynasty in Mithila (region), Mithila. He was also referred to as ''Rūpanārāyana''. He declared himself independent and stopped paying taxes to Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur, Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur Sultanate, who invaded Mithila but was defeated. Mithila, Bengal and Arakanese accounts say that King Sivasimha helped another Brahmin ruler and his friend, Raja Ganesha of Bengal, defeating the Jaunpur Sultanate in Bengal–Jaunpur confrontation, Bengal-Jaunpur conflict. Ganesha had previously freed Bengal from Muslim occupation. Early life Sivasimha was born in a Maithil Brahmin, Mithila Brahmin family of King Devasimha and Hasini Devi. His grandfather was Bhavasimha, the king of the Oiniwar Dynasty before Devasimha. Sivasimha was married to six wives, of whom Lakhimadevi was the most notable and scholarly wife. She ruled Mithila in his absence from Banauli Vidyapati Dih, Banauliraj for 12 years from 1416 to 1428. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
