LICENSING & RIGHTS
Rights matrix
The archive separates reusable code and structured research data from reproduced or third-party material whose rights differ.
Website code
Repository-authored code is released under the MIT License.
Original structured research data
Original normalized portal data is released under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Gajendra Thakur / Videha Maithili eJournal and the relevant permanent record or data-release URL.
Original portal-level editorial text
Unless otherwise stated, original explanatory portal text is CC BY 4.0. Long-form books, manuscript texts, and translations remain governed by their own publication/right statements.
Excluded material
Book-cover art, reproduced manuscripts, archival images, quotations, map bases, and external editions are not automatically relicensed.
Machine translation
Machine-generated convenience translations are not source-controlled editions and should not be cited in place of supplied authoritative text.