Some Literary evidences of the university of the Ancient Mithila Kingdom

By Santosh Chaudhary, M.Sc (Physics)

Nalanda Open University

There are some literary evidences of the University of the Ancient Mithila Kingdom, which was a prominent center of learning and philosophy in ancient India. Some of these evidences are:

Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the Headquarter of the Ancient Mithila University - By Santosh Chaudhary of Nalanda Open University 


- The Ashtavakra Gita or Ashtavakra Samhita, a Sanskrit text that records the dialogue between the sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka of Mithila on the nature of self and reality.



- The Shatapath Brahmana ,  a Brahman text of the Shukla Yajurveda written by the great Vedic sage Yajnavalkya at Jagban village of Mithila region. Yajnavalkya is considered as the father of the Ancient Indian Philosophy.

Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the Yajnavalkya Ashram at Jagban village 




- The Shashti Tantra, a Sanskrit text composed by Maharishi Panchshikha, a scholar of Mithila University, who taught the Sankhya Shastra to King Dharmadhwaja Janak. The text contains 60 chapters and 60,000 verses on the relationship between the soul and the body, and the life before and after death.

Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the Gautam Ashram in the Ancient Mithila University


- The Nyaya Sutra, a Sanskrit text attributed to Akshapada Gautama, the founder of the Nyaya school of logic and philosophy. He is said to have established the discipline of jurisprudence at Mithila University and taught it without any fee.

Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the Scholarly Assembly of the Ancient Mithila University at the court of the King Janaka 

- The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad composed by the sage Yajnavalkya. The collection of the famous Shastrarthas between the sage Yajnavalkya and other great Vedic scholars like Gargi, Maitreyi and more.

Bing AI generated Symbolic picture of the court of King Janaka where the great Shastrarthas were held


- The Navya Nyaya texts, a collection of Sanskrit works by various authors who developed a new version of the Nyaya school in Mithila from the 12th to the 15th century. Some of the prominent authors of this school were Gangesha Upadhyaya, Raghunatha Siromani, Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha, Jagadisha Tarkalankara, and Gadadhara Bhattacharya.

Symbolic image of the assembly of the Ancient Mithila University 



For Further information please refer the book 

"Ancient Mithila University " by Santosh Chaudhary, Notion Press

https://notionpress.com/read/ancient-mithila-university

Cover of the book "Ancient Mithila University" by Santosh Chaudhary 

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