Decoding the Panji of Mithila Volume VI: Based on Dushan Panji
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Contents
The following contents map outlines the structure of the volume.
Chapter
Title
1
What Is Panji? The Archive of Mithila’s Social Memory
2
What Is Dushan Panji? The “Black Book” and the Meaning of Dushan
3
The Ethics of Decoding: Record, Stigma, and Historical Justice
4
The Panji System before Fragmentation
5
Harisinghdev, the Panjikars, and the Official Beginning of the System
6
Uthedh, Sapinda, Swajana, and the Logic of Marriage Eligibility
7
Gotra, Pravara, Mool, Moolgram: The Grammar of Panji Entries
8
The Twenty Gotras and the 167 Mools of Maithil Brahmins
9
Mool and Migration: How Villages Became Genealogical Memory
10
Reading the Dushan Tables: Method for Entries 1–97
11
Unknown Lineage and “Agyat”: The Social Meaning of the Unknown
12
Devadasi, Dasi, and Female-Line Memory
13
Dalit and Artisan Connections in Dushan Panji
14
Muslim and Yavani Connections
15
Widowhood, Remarriage, and the Hidden Social History of Women
16
Gangesha, Tattvachintamani, and the Dushan Record
17
Anandaa, Vallabha, Medha, Hira, Rahmu, Sohaago: Named Women and Hidden Mothers
18
Entry-by-Entry Decoding: Cases 1–25
19
Entry-by-Entry Decoding: Cases 26–50
20
Entry-by-Entry Decoding: Cases 51–75
21
Entry-by-Entry Decoding: Cases 76–97
22
The “Sixth Generation” Question: When Does Dushan Fade?
23
Panji Vocabulary: Offices, Titles, Scholars, and Social Rank
24
Biji Purush and the Vamshavali Logic
25
Up-Tip and Nagaram: Regional Branching and the Pachhwari Par System
26
Panji, Hierarchy, and Social Damage
27
Plagiarism, Ownership, and the Struggle over Panji Knowledge
28
Tirhuta, Devanagari, Scan Copies, and the Preservation Problem
29
How to Read Dushan Panji Today
30
Conclusion: Dushan Panji as Mithila’s Difficult Truth
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About the author
Gajendra Thakur is the editor of Videha — First Maithili Fortnightly eJournal, a major public platform dedicated to Maithili language, Mithila’s literary heritage, cultural preservation, digital access, and public scholarship. His work brings together literary editing, digital archiving, Maithili cultural documentation, and open-access publication.
In the Panji Prabandha project, he has been associated with digital imaging, editorial organization, source preservation, and the wider effort to make Mithila’s genealogical and historical records accessible to readers, researchers, Panjikars, family historians, and the Maithili public.
