Gajendra Thakur Writer

Gajendra Thakur (born 1971) (गजेन्द्र ठाकुर; গজেন্দ্র ঠাকুর; ગજેન્દ્ર ઠાકુર; ଗଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଠାକୁର; ਗਜੇਨ੍ਦ੍ਰ ਠਾਕੁਰ; గజేన్ద్ర ఠాకుర; கஜேந்த்ர டாகுர; ಗಜೇನ್ದ್ರ ಠಾಕುರ; ഗജേന്ദ്ര ഠാകുര) is an Indian author. He writes in the Maithili language, a language spoken in Northern Bihar (of India) and South-Eastern Nepal. He is an author, lexicographer, historian (of Mithila- ancient Videha and of Maithili); and palaeographer, he has deciphered ancient and medieval palm leaf inscriptions in Tirhuta script of Maithili Language (Mithilakshar script).These panjis are genealogical records of Maithil Brahmin community of Mithila region (presently North Bihar, India; and South-West Nepal) and contain details of around 100 inter-caste marriages. Besides it provides written historical records of people and personalities, hitherto considered mythical ones. Besides he deciphered scripts inscribed on temples/ dilapidated buildings throughout the length and breadth of Mithila.He has also compiled an English-Maithili Computer Dictionary (Shruti Publication, Delhi 2009 with a preface by Prof. Udaya Narayana singh, the then Director of Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India). He has helped in preparing Unicode application for Mithilakshar (Tirhuta) script. His Kurukshetram Antarmanak(Shruti Publication, Delhi 2009 with a preface by Prof. Udaya Narayana singh, the then Director of Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India) (in seven volumes) and Videha (in 127 volumes) changed the literary scene "in every genre" of Maithili language. His Maithili-English dictionary (Shruti Publication, Delhi 2009 with a preface by Prof. Udaya Narayana singh, the then Director of Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India)has the largest collection of Maithili words. His English-Maithili Dictionary is only such dictionary available in Maithili.