Gajendra Thakur is an Indian author. He writes in the Maithili language, a language spoken in Northern Bihar and South-Eastern Nepal. He is an author, lexicographer, historian ; and palaeographer, he has deciphered ancient and medieval palm leaf inscriptions in Tirhuta script of MaithiliLanguage. These panjis are genealogical records of Maithil Brahmin community of Mithila region 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. He has helped in preparing Unicode application for Mithilakshar script. His English-MaithiliDictionary is only such dictionary. He has also contributed in social development work.
Literary activity
He wrote KuruKshetram Antarmanak, a work inMaithili Language -in seven volumes. Thereafter his transcribed 11000 palm-leaf inscriptions were published in a single volume with an explanatory introduction as “Genome Mapping −450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panji Prabandh”.; later its sequel "Geneological Mapping-450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panji Prabandh vol.II" was released. He also compiled "Maithili-English Dictionary" and "English Maithili Dictionary". The English-Maithili Dictionary was particularly notable as it included computer terminology, so far unavailable in any other dictionary. He is editor of Videha, a fortnightly Maithili e-journal. Traditional Mithilakshar, i.e., Tirhuta Script of Maithili language: He was pioneer in standardisation of Mithilakshar script. The Unicode encoding applicant has acknowledged his contribution. and has included in the references as well. He has also translated from Maithili into English. He has translated poems and stories into Maithili from Kannada, Telugu, Oriya and Gujarati through English. He is a member of Maithili Lekhak Sangh, the organisation of authors of Maithili.
Major works
; Edited Works English-Maithili Dictionary Maithili-English Dictionary Genome Mapping- 450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panjis Prabandh: Videha:sadeha:1 Devanagari Videha:Sadeha:1: Tirhuta Videha:Sadeha:2: Videha Prabandh-Nibandh-Samalochna Videha:Sadeha:3: Videha Katha Videha:Sadeha:4: Videha Padya Videha:Sadeha:5: Videha Maithili Vihani katha Videha:Sadeha:6: Videha Maithili Laghu katha Videha:Sadeha:7: Videha Maithili Padya Videha:Sadeha:8: Videha Maithili Natya Utsav Videha:Sadeha:9: Videha Maithili Shishu Utsav Videha:Sadeha:10: Videha Maithili Prabandha-Nibandha-Samalochna Braille Maithili:. 222 issues of Videha Ist Maithili Fortnightly e Magazine- ; Authored KurukShetram Antarmanak- a seven volume work in Maithili Language:- ; Work in Translation His works are available in translation. His works have been translated into English and others. His novel Sahasrabadhani has been translated into Konkani Language, Tulu language, Kannada, Sanskrit and Marathi Language. His short-story collection "Galp Guchchh" has been translated into Sanskrit. Some of his stories have been translated into Hindi by Subhash Chandra Yadav and Vinit Utpal. ; Some of his recent works: Ulkamukh, play about the caste system Prabandh-Nibandh-Samalochna vol.II, ; Dhangi Baat Banebaak Daam Agoobaar Pene Chan'', ; Shabdshastram: ; Jalodip: ; Naarashanshi: ; Sahasrajit: ; Aksharmushtika: ; Bangak Bangaura: ; Genealogical Mapping:vol.II ; Jagdish Prasad Mandal: Ekta Biography.
