Title: मैथिलि - काव्य: HISTORY OF MITHILA
Headings: मैथिलि - काव्य
मैथिलि - काव्य
सोमवार, 6 फ़रवरी 2012
HISTORY OF MITHILA

Content: The main crops are paddy, wheat, pulses, moong, urad, arhar, jute (with a recent decline in its production), and maize. The economy is not robust and the region is considered one of the poorest in India. Flooding destroys enormous amounts of crop every year. Due to absence of industry, a weak educational infrastructure and criminalized politics, the majority of the area's youth have had to relocate for education and earnings. However, a resurgence of traditional artwork, Mithla painting, is becoming a more important part of the economy and the government is supporting this artwork as part of India's national heritage. History
Main articles: History of Mithila and Kings of Mithila
According to D.D. Kosāmbi's historical books, the 1st millennium BCE text Śatpath Brāhmana tells that the king Māthava Videgha, led by his priest Gotama Rahugana, first crossed the Sadānirā (Gandaka) river and founded a kingdom. Gotama Rahugana was a Vedic rishi who composed many hymns of the first mandala of the Rgveda. His most notable hymns praise Sva-rājya, another name for the State of Videgha. Māthava Videgha, therefore, must belong to the Rgvedic period and must have preceded the period of the Śatpath Brāhmana by a considerable gap.