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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|King of Mithila from 1355 to 1410}}<br />
{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Devasimha<br />
| title = King of Mithila<br />
| reign = 1355 AD - 1410 AD<br />
| predecessor = [[Bhavasimha]]<br />
| successor = [[Shiva Simha Singh|Shivasimha]]<br />
| birth_name = Deva<br />
| birth_place = Mithila<br />
| spouse = Hasini Devi<br />
| spouse-type = Wife<br />
| house = Mithila Kingdom<br />
| house-type = Kingdom<br />
| father = [[Bhavasimha]]<br />
| occupation = King of Mithila<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| royal house = Tirhut Sarkar<br />
| dynasty = [[Oiniwar Dynasty]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Devasimha''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: देव सिंह) was the sixth king of the [[Oiniwar dynasty|Oiniwar Dynasty]] in the [[Videha|Mithila Kingdom]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Choudhary |first=Radhakrishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0f898HDLAYC&q=Devasimha+of+Mithila |title=A Survey of Maithili Literature |date=1976 |publisher=Ram Vilas Sahu |isbn=978-93-80538-36-5 |language=en}}</ref> He ruled the kingdom during the early period of the 15th century CE.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Letters |first=University of Calcutta Department of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nycOAAAAIAAJ |title=Journal of the Department of Letters |date=1927 |publisher=Calcutta University Press |language=en}}</ref> He ascended the throne of the Mithila Kingdom after the King [[Bhavasimha]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sircar |first=D. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1JYwP5tVQUC&q=bhavasimha |title=Studies in Indian Coins |date=2005 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |isbn=978-81-208-2973-2 |pages=269 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Choudhary |first=Radhakrishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bwBAAAAMAAJ |title=Mithilā in the Age of Vidyāpati |date=1976 |publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Devasimha was born in the royal family of the Oiniwar Dynasty in Mithila. He was a [[Maithil Brahmin]] and belonged to [[Kashyapa|Kashyap]] [[Gotra]]. He was the eldest son of the [[Bhavasimha|King Bhavasimha]]. His younger brothers were ''Harasimha'' and ''Tripurasimha''.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Rule ==<br />
According some historical accounts, he ascended the throne of Mithila in 1355 AD. He lived before 1410 AD.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mishra |first=Vijayakanta |date=1953 |title=Chronology of the Oiniwara Dynasty of Mithila |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44303873 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=16 |pages=200–210 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref> He established his capital at [[Dekuli]] also known Devakuli.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Makhan |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Civilizational_Regions_of_Mithila_Mahako.html?id=bu61AAAAIAAJ#dekuli%20in%20mithila |title=Civilizational Regions of Mithila & Mahakoshal |date=1982 |publisher=Capital Publishing House |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian monarchs]]<br />
[[Category:Monarchs of Mithila]]</div>SheldonTopper4