Across the length and breadth of Greater India, numerous royal families have claimed to have belonged to the House of Ikshvaku, which was synonymous with the Solar Dynasty. Great kings like Bhagiratha and Dasaratha were among the kings in the line before Lord Rama
Lineage details below as per the Valmiki Ramayana 1) Lord Brahma 2) Marichi (son of Brahma) 3) Sage Kashyapa (son of Marichi) 4) Vivaswan (Surya) (son of Sage Kashyapa) 5) Manu (Vaivasvatha) (Father of human) 6) Ikshvaku (Manu's son) 7) Gushi (son of Ikshvaku) 8) ViGushi (son of Gushi) 9) Baana (son of ViGushi) 10) Anaranya (son of Baanan) 11) Brithu (son of Anaranyan) 12) Trisanku (son of Brithu) - he got his own heaven with the help of sage vishwamithra 13) Thundhumaaran 14) Yuvanaswa 15) Maandhatha 16) Susanthi 17) Dhuruvasanthi and Prasanejith 18) Bharatha (son of Dhuruvasanthi) 19) Asitha 20) Sagara 21) Asamanja 22) Amsumaa 23) Dileepa 24) Bagiratha (He brought Ganges to Earth from Devaloka and so Ganga another name Bagirathi) 25) Kaguthstha 26) Raghu 27) Pravritha a k a Kalmasha-paatha 28) Sangana 29) Sudharshana 30) Agnivarna 31) Seekraga 32) Maru 33) Prachuchrugana 34) Ambarisa 35) Nahusha 36) Yayati 37) Naabaaga 38) Ajan 39) Dasaratha (King of Ayodhya) 40) Rama
He is remembered in Hindu scriptures as a righteous and glorious king. In some versions, he is the son of Vaivasvata Manu (formerly the Emperor Satyavrata of Dravida), one of the two central characters along with the Lord Matsya incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the Matsya Purana. He is born to Manu after the deluge which sends the King's ship to the top of the Malaya Mountains in the Dravida country
Ikshvaku was one of the earliest monarchs of India, and played a pivotal role in the transformation of the ancient Vedic religion into modern Hinduism and its propagation throughout India
