Mithilā (Bihar)

Mithilā is a cultural region of the eastern Gangetic plain, chiefly in northern Bihar (India) and the adjoining Nepali Tarai, historically the kingdom of Videha. It is associated with Vācaspati Miśra (fl. c. 9th–10th c.), the polymath commentator on several schools of Indian philosophy, who is traditionally placed in this region.