Title: Janaka - Wikipedia
Headings: Janaka
Janaka
Contents
Ancestry
Janaka in Vedic literature
In other literature
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Sources

Content: The Videha (or Mithila) kingdom was located between east of Gandaki River, west of Mahananda River, north of Ganga river and south of Himalayas. Contents
1 Ancestry
2 Janaka in Vedic literature
3 In other literature
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
6.1 Citations
6.2 Sources
Ancestry
King Nimi was the first ruler of the Videha kingdom. Then king Mithi supposed the name Mithila came after him. His son king Janaka (1st), was the first Janaka. Then after three successors came king Devraat and after Devraat the 15th successor was Hroshhoroma, Janaka's father. Janaka in Vedic literature
Videha and other kingdoms of late Vedic India
Yajnavalkya teaches Brahma Vidya to King Janaka. Late Vedic literature such as Shatapatha Brahmana and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad mention a certain King Janaka (c. 8th or 7th century BCE) as a great philosopher-king of Videha, renowned for his patronage of Vedic culture and philosophy and whose court was an intellectual center for Brahmin sages such as Yajnavalkya, Uddalaka Aruni, and Gargi Vachaknavi. Under his reign, Videha became a dominant political and cultural center of the Indian subcontinent. In other literature
Janaka is the father of Sita, the wife of God Ram in the Hindu epic Ramayana. His conversation with Ashtavakra is recorded as Ashtavakra Gita, wherein he is depicted as one realised and this tested by the sage Ashtavakra.