"RAGHUKULA SIRAMANI SRI RAM CHANDRA KI JAI"
We often heard that,Sri Ram is belongs to the Surya vamsa and refer Raghu vamsa as a synonym of Surya vamsa. But if one takes a look on the genealogy (family tree) of Surya vamsa then she/he can able to knows that Raghu was one of the king of surya vamsa and by his name Surya vamsa is named as Raghu vamsa.
The genealogy of Surya vamsa can be found in the scriptures like Garuda Purana, The Rama katha (by Dongre ji maharaj) and other texts. So let's have a look on the family tree of the great Surya vamsa -
It is said that Bramha was created by the lord Vishnu (the adi Narayan). Surya was one of the son of Bramha. Then Surua Narayan's son was Sraddha dev and from him Baibasutta Manu was born. From him King Ikhyaku was born ( on him writer Amish Tripathi wrote a book named as the scion of Ikhyaku). He was Ikhyaku who established the city Ayodhya on the bank of river Saroju.
Now the next kings were like Kakutstha, Indrabaha, Anena,Biswarandhi,Chandra, Jubanaswa,Sabasi,Bruhadaswa,Kubalayaswa,Drudhascha, Harjjaswa, Nikumbha, Bahenaswa, Krutaswa,Syanajit, Juvanaswa,Mandhata (Asadashyu).
After seven generations passed Trishanku was the next king and you know the great Harishchandra was the son of him and the next king. From Harishchandra and Taramati king Rohit was born and after his eight generations the next king was king Sagar .( You might heard these name while watching Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan ).
Sagar was a brilliant and an extra courageous king and performed the Aswamedha yajna .As per the text, Indra was theft the horse which was needed for the yajna and hidden the same in the kapila muni's ashram. When Sagar's sons were reached in the kapila's ashram in search for the horse and found the animal they accused kapila as a thief . Buy unfortunately all the sons of Sagar ware turned into ashes due to the curse of kapila.
In the other hand Asamamjasha was the another son of Sagar's second wife and from him king Ansuman was born. The next king was Dilip and the next was very talented and an extraordinary king which name was Bhagirath. He was committed to get out his ancestors from the curse of kapila . So he was tried to praise the lord shiva with extreme penance and finally got the fruit . He was Bhagirath who brought river Ganga from the heaven to earth ( it's another interesting katha can be discussed in other article). Finally Bhagirath done the task and from then Ganga also called as Bhagirathi.
After fourteen generations were passed the next king was Khatwanga ,the next was king Dilip and here is the name Raghu the next king of Surya vamsa . Raghu did the history's most unique yajna i.e the Sarba dakhina ( all sacrifice) yajna and after him Aja was the next king .
From Aja and Indumati the great Dasaratha was born and the next was .......you know all the rest chapter , Sri Ram with his brothers Mahatma Bharat, Laxman lalat, Shatrughna lalla and so on.
So here you can see the how the name was renamed along with time .
The main purpose of this article is just to share the information and nothing else otherwise who am I to describe this greatest dynasty with my knowledge .
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