BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Pali and Prakrit

1. ORIGINAL SAMSKRIT TEXTS relating to the day to day life in India, such as, Manu-Smrti and Yajnavalkya-Smrti, etc. and the Nibandha literature of Medieval Mithila for locating the basis and background.
Kavya, Vidyapati's Likaravali deed writing.

2. REPORTS on the aspects of life of this region -

(a) Collins, The Cadastral Survey of Muzaffarpur District, 1887.

(b) Muir, Stevenson, The Cadastral Survey of Muzaffarpur District, 1892.

(c) Census Reports from 1872 to 1951.

(d) District Gazetteers of Muzaffarpur District.

3. SECONDARY BOOKS:

The books consulted in the India Office Library

Risley, Castes and Tribes.

Sharma, Surya Narayan, Sainika Brahmana, Simra, Shahabad, 1962.

Sinha, S.N., History of Tirhut,

Swami Shivanand, Hindu Fasts and Festivals and their Philosophy.

Thakur, Upendra, History of Mithila.

Swami Sahajanand, Bhumihara Brahmana Paricaya,

Sharma, Jai Narayana, Bhumihar Brahmana

4. JOURNALS:

(A) ANNALS OF BHANDARKAR ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Gode, P.K., "Hindu Festivals, Studies in the history of some Notes on the History of Devali Festival (between C.A.D.50 and 1945), ABORI, XXVI.

Deshpande, Kamlabai, " Some Religious Observations (Vratas) and Festivals (Utsava) mentioned in Desinamanala, ABORI, 1955 (July-Oct.), Parts III-IV, pp.340-351.

(B) INDIAN ANTIQUARY:

"(A Legend of Serpent worship from Bhava Nagar in Kathiawad" IA, 1872 (Jan), pp.6-7.

("The Worship of Satyanarayana"), IA, 1874(March), pp.83-85.