Vol. XI, Nos. 10 & 11.] Mithila during Pre-Mughal Period. 431 
[NV.S.] 
between Ala-ud-din Husain Shah and Sikandar Lodi in u. 901 
(1496 4.p.) Bihar and Tirhut appear to have been allotted: to 
the latter, on condition that he would not invade Bengal.! 
Sikandar Lodi then fell on Tirhut, and reduced its king to 
submission. 
It is not known how this dynasty came to an end. For 
facility of reference a genealogical chart of the whole family is 
given in the Appendix B. 
GENERAL CULTURE DURING THE RULE OF THIS 
Rix. 
The above brief summary shows that Sanskrit learning 
was not neglected by these kings. Though no dominant figure 
is visible, like Gangesa Upadhyaya in Nyaya, Candesvara 
-Thakkara in Smrti, and Padmanabha Datta in grammar, the 
learning was spread among a larger number of persons, and the 
writers did not confine themselves to any single branch. The 
four most prominent names during the rule of this dynasty 
are Jagaddhara, Vidyapati, Sankara Misra and Vacaspati 
Misra, Jagaddhara commented not only on works of such wide 
vakyavalt), on Niti or moral tales (Bhu-parikramana and Purusa- 
1 Badaoni, vol. I, pp. 415-7; ef. Makhzan-i Afghani, translation by 
Dorn, 1829, Part I, p. 59, and Part IT, p. 96 
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