Ikshvaku dynasty or Sun Dynasty are the same.First person of this dynasty was Vivswan or Vivaswat.Second was Manu and third was Ikshvaku.This dynasty is also known as Ikshvaku dynasty.Other important kings of this dynasty are Harishchandra,Dileepa,Raghu,and Rama.Ayodhya was their capital.This dynasty also succeeded the Andhras in the Telugu lands in the 3rd century.They were patrons of a Buddhist stupa now on the hill at Nagarjuna Sagar on the Krishna River.^[1] Since the word Ikshvaku means bitter gourd, scholars have suggested that the legend of Ikshvaku may have originated in the ancient myth of humanity's birth from a bitter gourd.^[2] The last famous king of the Ikshvaku dynasty at Ayodhya was "Brihadbala", killed during the Mahabharata war.^[3] Beginning with the Ikshvaku dynasty, the Telugu script was replaced in royal inscriptions with Sanskrit. The Sun Dynasty is one of the most prominent dynasties in the history of Hinduism. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Harishchandra, in Hindu mythology was one of the kings of the Solar Dynasty. ... Dillipa in Hindu mythology is said to have been one of the most righteous and chivalrous emperors that the Solar Dynasty had ever produced. ... In Hindu mythology, Raghu was a valorous king of the Ikshavaku dynasty. ... Lord Sri Rama (center) with wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman. ... Ayodhya   (Hindi: अयोध्या, Urdu: ایودھیا IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశం in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra Prādesh), is a state in south-eastern India and is part of the linguistic-cultural region of South India. ... Andhra Pradesh  : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in South India. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Stupa at Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland A stupa (from the Sanskrit) is a type of Buddhist structure found across the Indian subcontinent, Asia and increasingly in the Western World. ... Nagarjuna Sagar ( నాగార్జునసాగర్) is an important Buddhist site and tourist place located 150 km from Hyderabad, (India). ... The Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). ... Binomial name Momordica charantia The bitter melon (Chinese: 苦瓜; pinyin: ), also called bitter gourd, balsampear, or balsamapple, is the edible fruit of the plant Momordica charantia. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Ayodhya   (Hindi: अयोध्या, Urdu: ایودھیا IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ... Mahabharat redirects here. ... Telugu script, an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write Telugu, a Dravidian Language found in the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh as well as several other neighboring states. ... Sanskrit ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...

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1. ^ History of the World - South India. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
2. ^ Elst, Koenraad (1999). Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 81-86471-77-4. ; Sergent, Bernard: Genèse de l'Inde, 1997.
3. ^ City of Lord Ram. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.