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King Ikshvaku

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Birth of Ikshvaku from Manu's sneeze
  • Once, Shradhadev Manu sneezed violently. From his nostrils, a son was born. He was named Ikshvaku. Thus, Ikshvaku is the grandson of Vivasvan or Surya and the son of Vaivasvata Manu.
  • He was the first prince of this lineage and eventually ruled from the Kosala Kingdom, today known as Awadh in the state of Uttar Pradesh along the banks of river Sarayu with Saketa – present-day Ayodhya, as the capital.
  • Ikshvaku is the first king who executed the Manusmrti or the laws of Hindu living which were composed by his father Manu. He ruled as Monarch at the beginning of the Satya Yuga – the first quarter of Time and the Golden age period.
  • According to the Vishnu Purana, he had a hundred sons.