Oiniwar

The Oiniwars were Maithil Brahmin rulers of Mithila in northern Bihar, named for the village of Oini. In 1337 Kameshwar Thakur ruled the kingdom that followed the Karnat dynasty.

The poet Vidyapati served its court and wrote the Kirtilata for Kirtisimha. When Shivasimha died in 1416, his queen Lakshima ruled for twelve years from Banauli. Bhairavasimha issued silver coins around 1489. The dynasty ended in 1526 when Bengal’s Nusrat Shah killed Laxminath Singh Deva; after decades of fighting, Raj Darbhanga succeeded it.