The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.156
The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.156
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³ According to a Mithilā tradition, when Harisiṁha abandoned Tirhut and went into Nepal, the emperor of Delhi conferred the kingdom on the Brahman Kāmeśvara Ṭhakkura, who became the founder of the Sugaunā dynasty of Mithilā. King Śivasiṁha of this line was the patron of the poet Vidyāpati. See Grierson in *IA*, Vol. XIV, pp. 182-96, and Vol. XXVIII, pp. 57-58; also *JASB*, 1915, pp. 415 ff.; *JBORS*, Vol. III, p. 517.