Mithila Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning

The Government of Bihar established the Mithila Institute of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning at Darbhanga in 1951 with the object, inter-alia, to promote advanced studies and research in Sanskirt learning, to bring together and modern scholars which their technique of research and investigations, to publish works of permanent value to scholars. This Institute is one of he five others planned by this Governmen as a token of their homage to the tradition of learning and scholarship for which ancient Bihar was noted. Apart from the Mithila Institute, three others have been established and have been doing useful work - Nalanda Institute of Research and Post-Graduate Studies in Buddhist Learning and Pali at Nalanda, Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute at Patna and the Bihar Rashtra Bhasa Parishad for research and advance studies in Hindi at Patna. In the establishment of the Mithila Institute the state. Government received a generous donation from the Maharajadhiraja of Darbhanga for construction of building on a plot of land also donated by him. (Source Accessed Nov 22, 2021)