Janakpur

Janakpur Zone is one of the 14 zones of Nepal, reaching from the Indian border in the south to the Tibetan border in the north and of which the headquarters are in Kamalamai. The major city is Janakpur in the Terai, close to the Indian border (see Janakpur). It is a city that carries the age old history of Hinduism. The city was the capital city of the King Janak, a father in law of Lord Rama , the son of the then King of Ayodhya, Dashrath. The city was then called 'Mithila Nagari'.