Tirhuta (तिरहुता / তিরহুতা) or
Mithilakshar (मिथिलाक्षर / মিথিলাক্ষর) is the
script used for the
Maithili language originated in Present-day
Janakpur in
Mithila region of
Nepal and the oldest reference to Tirhuta Script is in
Janaki Mandir of
Janakpur where
Rama and
Sita wed. The script has a rich history spanning a thousand years, but years of neglect by
Nepal and the
Bihar government have taken their toll on the use of Tirhuta. Most speakers of Maithili have switched to using the
Devanagari script, which is also used to write neighboring Central Indic languages such as
Nepali and
Hindi. As a result, the number of people with a working knowledge of Tirhuta has dropped considerably in recent years.