According to the document Likhanavali, it was prepared during Lakshman Samvat 299 or 1418 AD at the court of King Puraditya of Dronwara Dynasty in the Raj Banauli Kingdom.
[12] According to Maithil scholar Gajendra Thakur, the poet Vidyapati in his own works asserted that he lived at the court of Raj Banauli for 10 to 12 years.
[13] There are three major locations of Banauli villages in the Mithila region of the present nation of Nepal disputed among scholars.
According to the book "Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 73, Part 1 published in 1907" the Raj Banauli is 30 miles north from Darbhanga.
[4] The present distance of the Banauli Vidyapati Dih of the Mahottari district is approximately 36 miles from Darbhanga in north direction, which is nearly same as mentioned in the book.
According to historian cum professor Vasudevalal Das, Puraditya was the king of Saptari on eastern side of Kamala river.