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Harisimhadeva

reigned c. 1304–1324 · 14th century

Harisimhadeva was the last king of the Karnat dynasty of Mithila in northern Bihar. He sponsored the codification of Maithil Brahmin genealogies in the panji registers, and his minister Jyotirishvara Thakur wrote the Varna Ratnakara. When Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq invaded Tirhut in 1324 he fled into the hills of Nepal.

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Karnat dynasty

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