📖 Part XI – Radhakrishna Chaudhary’s Survey & the Comparative History of Maithili Literature
🌐 Based on “A Parallel History of Mithila & Maithili Literature” – Part XI synthesises Radhakrishna Chaudhary’s ‘A Survey of Maithili Literature’ (2010), external scholarly sources, comparative timelines, and the idea of Maithili as a ‘donor civilisation’ to eastern Indian literary traditions.
📚 This quiz covers the linguistic origins of Maithili, the Charyapada debate, Vidyapati’s trans‑regional influence, Brajabuli as a pan‑eastern literary medium, Maithili drama in Nepal and Assam, the colonial revival, and the critical assessment of Chaudhary’s survey.