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|image_map_alt    = Videha
|image_map_alt    = Videha
|image_map_caption = The Kingdom of the Videhas (Mithila) and other kingdoms of the late [[Vedic period]]
|image_map_caption = The Kingdom of the Videhas (Mithila) and other kingdoms of the late [[Vedic period]]
|capital          = [[Mithila (ancient city)|Mithila]], which could either be [[Janakpur]] (in present-day Nepal),<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1972"/> or [[Baliraajgadh]] (in present-day [[Madhubani district]], Bihar, India).<ref name="hindi.news18.com">https://hindi.news18.com/blogs/satyam/balirajharh-a-ancient-mithila-915917.html</ref><ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162756/http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |archive-date=26 October 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|capital          = [[Mithila (ancient city)|Mithila]], which could either be [[Janakpur]] (in present-day Nepal),<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1972"/> or [[Baliraajgadh]] (in present-day [[Madhubani district]], Bihar, India).<ref name="hindi.news18.com">{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/blogs/satyam/balirajharh-a-ancient-mithila-915917.html|title = News18 इंडिया: Hindi News, Latest News in Hindi, Breaking News in Hindi}}</ref><ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162756/http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |archive-date=26 October 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|common_languages  = [[Sanskrit]]
|common_languages  = [[Sanskrit]]
|religion          = [[Historical Vedic religion|Vedic]]-[[Hinduism]]<ref name=benami9>Ben-Ami Scharfstein (1998), ''A comparative history of world philosophy: from the Upanishads to Kant'', Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 9-11</ref>
|religion          = [[Historical Vedic religion|Vedic]]-[[Hinduism]]<ref name=benami9>Ben-Ami Scharfstein (1998), ''A comparative history of world philosophy: from the Upanishads to Kant'', Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 9-11</ref>
|currency          =  
|currency          =  
|title_leader      = [[Janaka]]
|title_leader      = [[Janaka]]
|today            = {{flag|India}}<br />{{flag|Nepal}}
|today            = [[India]]<br />[[Nepal]]
}}
}}
[[Image:Map of Vedic India.png|thumb|400px|Kingdom of Videha in Vedic India Map]]  
[[Image:Map of Vedic India.png|thumb|400px|Kingdom of Videha in Vedic India Map]]  
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The region and culture of Videha is often mentioned in Hindu literature.<ref name=samueloyt70>Geoffrey Samuel, (2010) ''The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century'', Cambridge University Press, pages 69-70</ref> The texts mention the idea of royal dynasty and the tradition of philosopher-kings who [[Sannyasa|renounce]], with examples including Nami (or Nimi in some texts), Janaka and other kings.<ref name=samueloyt70/> Their stories are found in ancient surviving Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina texts, suggesting that renunciation by kings was a respected tradition before the birth of Buddha, and that this tradition was also broadly accepted in regions other than Videha, such as in Pancala, Kalinga and Gandhara.<ref name=samueloyt70/> King Nimi or Nami of Videha is included as the 21st of the twenty four [[Tirthankara]]s in Jainism (not to be confused with closely spelled Nemi, the 22nd Tirthankara).<ref name=samueloyt70/>
The region and culture of Videha is often mentioned in Hindu literature.<ref name=samueloyt70>Geoffrey Samuel, (2010) ''The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century'', Cambridge University Press, pages 69-70</ref> The texts mention the idea of royal dynasty and the tradition of philosopher-kings who [[Sannyasa|renounce]], with examples including Nami (or Nimi in some texts), Janaka and other kings.<ref name=samueloyt70/> Their stories are found in ancient surviving Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina texts, suggesting that renunciation by kings was a respected tradition before the birth of Buddha, and that this tradition was also broadly accepted in regions other than Videha, such as in Pancala, Kalinga and Gandhara.<ref name=samueloyt70/> King Nimi or Nami of Videha is included as the 21st of the twenty four [[Tirthankara]]s in Jainism (not to be confused with closely spelled Nemi, the 22nd Tirthankara).<ref name=samueloyt70/>


Towards the end of the Vedic period, Videha likely became part of the Vriji (Pali: [[Vajji]]) confederation and subsequently into the [[Magadha]] empire.<ref>H.C. Raychaudhuri (1972), pp. 70-76</ref><ref>Raychaudhuri Hemchandra (1972), ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp. 85–86</ref> The Videha kingdom is also mentioned in the [[Sanskrit epics]], the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and the ''[[Ramayana]]''. In the Ramayana, [[Sita]] is the princess from Videha,<ref name=samueloyt70/> who marries [[Rama]] creating an alliance between the kingdoms of [[Kosala]] and Videha.<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1972">Raychaudhuri (1972)</ref> The capital of Videha is believed to be either [[Janakpur]] (in present-day Nepal),<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1972"/> or [[Baliraajgadh]] (in present-day [[Madhubani district]], Bihar, India).<ref name="hindi.news18.com">https://hindi.news18.com/blogs/satyam/balirajharh-a-ancient-mithila-915917.html</ref><ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162756/http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |archive-date=26 October 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Towards the end of the Vedic period, Videha likely became part of the Vriji (Pali: [[Vajji]]) confederation and subsequently into the [[Magadha]] empire.<ref>H.C. Raychaudhuri (1972), pp. 70-76</ref><ref>Raychaudhuri Hemchandra (1972), ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp. 85–86</ref> The Videha kingdom is also mentioned in the [[Sanskrit epics]], the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and the ''[[Ramayana]]''. In the Ramayana, [[Sita]] is the princess from Videha,<ref name=samueloyt70/> who marries [[Rama]] creating an alliance between the kingdoms of [[Kosala]] and Videha.<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1972">Raychaudhuri (1972)</ref> The capital of Videha is believed to be either [[Janakpur]] (in present-day Nepal),<ref name="Raychaudhuri 1972"/> or [[Baliraajgadh]] (in present-day [[Madhubani district]], Bihar, India).<ref name="hindi.news18.com">{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/blogs/satyam/balirajharh-a-ancient-mithila-915917.html|title = News18 इंडिया: Hindi News, Latest News in Hindi, Breaking News in Hindi}}</ref><ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162756/http://www.newsofbihar.com/khas-khabar/kaun-lega-mithila-key-baliraajgadh-ki-sudhi.html |archive-date=26 October 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


According to the [[Digambara]] ''[[Uttarapurana]]'' text, [[Mahavira]] was born in Kundpur in the [[Kingdom of the Videhas]].{{sfn|Pannalal Jain|2015|p=460}}
According to the [[Digambara]] ''[[Uttarapurana]]'' text, [[Mahavira]] was born in Kundpur in the [[Kingdom of the Videhas]].{{sfn|Pannalal Jain|2015|p=460}}
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