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Purvottar maithili, the Glossary

Index Purvottar maithili

Purvottar Maithili refers to a group of ethnic Maithils belonging to the Mithila region but have settled in the North-East region of India and have been there for centuries.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Ahom kingdom, Bengali language, Hindi, Maithili language, Maithils, Mithila (region).

  2. Culture of Mithila
  3. Ethnic groups in Assam

Ahom kingdom

The Ahom kingdom or the Kingdom of Assam (1228–1826) was a late medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley (present-day Assam) that retained its independence for nearly 600 years despite encountering Mughal expansion in Northeast India.

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Bengali language

Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Maithili language

Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. Purvottar maithili and Maithili language are culture of Mithila.

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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.

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Mithila (region)

Mithila, also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north.

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See also

Culture of Mithila

Ethnic groups in Assam

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvottar_maithili