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A Parallel History of Mithilā & Maithilī Literature

Parallel Research · Volumes 1–100

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parallel-history
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13 September 2026

Research record

A century-scale literary history organized as one hundred cumulative volumes, combining linguistic and script history, literary movements, genre studies, institutional critique, and close readings of representative writers.

Section index

  1. Language and Mithilakshara traditions
  2. Early and medieval literary worlds
  3. Vidyapati and Brajabuli
  4. Modern genres and movements
  5. Representative writers
  6. Videha and the Parallel Literature movement

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Source / provenance: Gajendra Thakur · Videha · 2026

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Gajendra Thakur. “A Parallel History of Mithilā & Maithilī Literature.” Videha Digital Research Archive: Mithila–Vajji–Anga. Videha — https://www.videha.co.in/ · ISSN 2229-547X · GitHub mirror: https://videha-ejournal.github.io/videha/ · Digital Research Archives on GitHub: https://github.com/videha-ejournal. ISBN 978-93-5812-486-6. https://videha-ejournal.github.io/mithila-vajji-anga/records/text/parallel-history/

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