KIRTILATA (Maithili), is a historical kavya composed by Vidyapati (1350-1440) in ‘Maithili Avahattha’. It is divided into four pallavas. It was composed in the praise of Kirti Simha who, with the help of Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, the Nawab of Jaunpur, got back the kingdom of Mithila from a Muslim usurper, Aslan. Vidyapati has neither producedContinue reading “The Significance of Kirtilata in Mithila’s History”