The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.163

c5.s2.163

Videha—Tirhut, the kingdom of Rājā Janaka, whose daughter Sītā was married to Rāmachandra. Mithilā was the name of both Videha and its capital. Janakpur in the district of Darbhanga was the capital of Rājā Janaka. Benares afterwards became the capital of Videha (Sir Monier Monier-Williams' *Modern India*, p. 131). About a mile to the north of Sitāmārhi, there is a tank which is pointed out as the place where the new-born Sītā was found by Janaka while he was ploughing the land. Panaura, three miles south-west of Sitāmārhi, also claims the honour of being the birth-place of Sītā. About six miles from Janakpur is a place called Dhenukā, (now overgrown with jungle) where Rāmachandra is said to have broken the bow of Hara. Sītā is said to have been married at Sitāmārhi. Videha was bounded on the east by the river Kauśikī (Kusi), on the west by the river Gaṇḍaka, on the north by the Himalaya, and on the south by the Ganges. It was the country of the Vajjis at the time of Buddha (*see* Balbali).