Oiṇīvāra | |||||||||||||
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| 1325–1526[1] | |||||||||||||
 Silver coin of Bhairavasimha from the period of his reign in the middle to late 15th century CE. Plate from Epigraphia Indica
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 .png){kind=small} Approximate location of the Sugauna/Oiniwar dynasty in the 15th century as per A Historical Atlas of South Asia[2] | |||||||||||||
| Status | Tributary state under the Jaunpur Sultanate (1460–1475)[2] Partially subjugated by the Lodi dynasty (1496–1513)[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Common languages | Maithii, Sanskrit | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Maithil | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 1325 CE | Kameshwar Thakur | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||||||
• Foundation | 1325 | ||||||||||||
• Founder | Oini Thakur or Nath Thakur | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1526[1] | ||||||||||||
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The Oiniwar dynasty, or Oiṇīvāra dynasty also known as the Sugauna dynasty,[a] was a dynasty ruling territories that form part of the Mithila region of the Bihar, India.[3] They governed the area between 1325 and 1526, being preceded by the Karnat dynasty.[b] Following the demise of the Oiniwars, emerged the dynasty of the Raj Darbhanga.[4][5]
- ^ Jha, Hetukar (1969). "The Oinwaras In The Mughal Period". Journal of the Bihar Research Society. LV: 133–144.
- ^ a b c Schwartzberg, Joseph (1992). A Historical Atlas of South Asia. University of Chicago Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780195068696.
- ^ Kumar Jha, Arun (2005). Some Aspects of the Cultural History of Mithila: The Janaka Dynasty, the Karnātas & the Oinwāras. K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 22.
- ^ Jha, Pankaj (2019). A Political History of Literature: Vidyapati and the Fifteenth Century. Oxford University Press. pp. 43–46. doi:10.1093/oso/9780199489558.001.0001. ISBN 9780199489558.
- ^ Jha, Hetukar (1969). Journal of Bihar Research Society Vol 55: The Oiniwaras In Mughal Period. Bihar. pp. 145–53.
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