A valuable source of the history of Mithila during later 19th century

Abstract

The contribution of Hindus to history writing in Urdu has special significance since they were a part of the knowledge, which had emerged under the Great Mughals Especially form the time of Akbar onwards. In this context a radical change occurred in the second half of the 19th century. Ayodhya Prasad ‘Bahar’ who wrote Riaz-i-Tirhut in Urdu made the first attempt in this direction. Riaz literally means Garden. The meaning of the title of the books is gardens of Tirhut.