Editing Rajbiraj (section)

===Ancient Era===
The city is part of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] which was an ancient kingdom which rose to prominence under King [[Janaka]] ({{circa}} 8th-7th centuries BCE).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha, Makhan, 1941- |title=Anthropology of ancient Hindu kingdoms : a study in civilizational perspective |date=1997 |publisher=M.D. Publications |isbn=81-7533-034-1 |location=New Delhi |oclc=37992849}}</ref><ref>[[Michael Witzel]] (1989), ''Tracing the Vedic dialects'' in ''Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes'' ed. [[Colette Caillat|Caillat]], Paris, pages 13, 17 116-124, 141-143</ref> The city is historical twin city of [[Janakpur]] also known to be a seat of [[Kushadhwaja]] the brother of King Janka whose two daughters [[Mandavi]] and [[Shrutakirti]] were married to [[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharata]] and [[Shatrughna]] respectively. [[Kushadhwaja]] later ruled the area through his ministers and moved to Sankasya.<ref name="Ramayan">{{cite book |last1=BALAKANDA |title=Balmiki Ramayana |publisher=IIT Kanpur |pages=SARGA 71 |url=https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/summary?field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=71 |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> During the [[Middle Ages|Medieval Period]] around 520 [[Common Era|CE]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grierson, George Abraham, Sir, 1851-1941. |title=Seven grammars of the dialects and subdialects of the Bihárí language : spoken in the Province of Bihár, in the eastern portion of the North-Western Provinces, and the northern portion of the Central Provinces |date=2005 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |isbn=81-7835-451-9 |location=Delhi |pages=230 |oclc=297507808}}</ref> King [[Salahesh]] reigned over Mithila region and made his capital near [[Lahan]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yadav |first=Mithilesh |title=King Sahlesh: The lesser known legend of Mithila |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/39909/ |access-date=2020-06-10 |website=My Republica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Rays and ways of Indian culture |date=1996 |publisher=M.D. Publications |isbn=81-85880-98-0 |location=New Delhi |page=200 |oclc=34851354}}</ref> 35&nbsp;km west to Rajbiraj. The most powerful and prominent kingdom, [[Karnat dynasty]] comes into power and ruled Mithila (also known as '''Tirhut''') from the 11th century to the early 14th century. The fifth  of karnat dynasty, [[Shaktisingh Dev]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaudhary |first=Radhakrishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JO4toCiJ2ecC&q=Mithilak%2520Itihas |title=Mithilak Itihas |publisher=Ram Vilas Sahu |isbn=978-93-80538-28-0 |pages=70–112 |language=hi}}</ref> (r. 1285 to 1295 CE) was travelled through this region after transferring his supremacy to his younger son [[Harisimhadeva]] and built the famous and ancient [[Chinnamasta Bhagawati Temple|Chinnamasta Bhagawati Mandir]] as well as his fort nearby the temple, which is known as '''Gadhi Gaachhi''' locally.<ref name="Harikant">{{Citation |last=Das, Harikant Lal |url=http://www.madanpuraskar.org/search/monographsview.php?showdetail=&ID=33586 |title=Saptari Jillaka Pramukh Aitihasik Gadhiharu |date=2010 |publisher=Sajha Prakashan |page=25 |language=ne}}</ref> After the fall of [[Karnat dynasty]], the [[Sena dynasty]] which was entered in Mithila, through [[Rupnagar, Nepal|Rupnagar]] from [[Bengal]] around early 13th century started ruling this region from the 15th century to the 18th century.<ref name="Das"/> The [[Rajdevi Temple]] was rebuilt by Sena king in the early 14th century<ref name="Harikant"/> and also known to be family temple of [[Kushadhwaja]]. Within the periphery of Rajbiraj there were small shrines dedicated to [[Mandavi]], [[Urmila]] and [[Shrutakirti]] but have lost with time.<ref name="Ramayan"/>