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'''''Kushadhwaja''''' (also known as '''''Kushadbhojan'''''), was younger brother of [[Janaka]]. Janaka's daughter [[Sita]] was wife of [[Rama]], the leading character of Hindu epic [[Ramayana]]. Kushadhwaja's two daughters [[Mandavi]] and [[Shrutakirti]] were married to Rama's younger brothers [[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharata]] and [[Shatrughna]] respectively.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEWaSju1rVsC&q=Kushadhwaja&pg=PA15 | title=Tales from Kalidasa | publisher=Ediciones Gamma S.A. | author=H. L. Luthra | year=1988 | pages=15 | isbn=9788120902282}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHPXAAAAMAAJ&q=Kushadhwaja | title=The Ramayana | publisher=Orient Longman | author=Lakshmi Lal | year=1988 | pages=20 | isbn=9780861318056}}</ref><br />
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King Kushadhwaja had his seat in around [[Rajbiraj]], where there is still an old historical temple of [[Rajdevi Temple]] with more than thousands year old idol lies of various Hindu Gods and goddesses. Temple along with [[chinnamasta]] temple is key temple of [[Maithali]] people. Around [[Rajbiraj]] also lied shrines dedicated to his daughters Mandavi and Shrutakirti who were married to Rama's younger brothers.<br />
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Kushadhwaja later moved to Sankasya, also known as Sudhanva, after his brother won a war against Sankasya, when Janak was attacked by the ruler of Sankasya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/summary?field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=71|title = Summary &#124; Valmiki Ramayanam}}</ref> He continued to rule the area around [[Rajbiraj]] to his through key ministers as per local tale.<br />
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