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| '''Ikshvaku''' (]: इक्ष्वाकु) was the first king of the ] and founder of the ] in ] in ancient ]. He was the son of ] (the first man on earth), sired by the Sun God, ]. Manu gained the knowledge of ] and humanity from Vivasvat (Surya). Thus, the lineage of the Sun Dynasty began. | |||
| The word Ikshvaku means "]". Some scholars have pointed out that the legends of Ikshvaku and Sumati may have their origin in the Southeast-Asian myth of the birth of humanity from a Sugarcane.<ref> Sergent, Bernard: Genèse de l'Inde, 1997.</ref> | |||
| ==In Hinduism== | |||
| Ikshvaku is the first king to implement the ], or the religious rules of Hindu living composed through divine inspiration and from the ] by his father. He is remembered in Hindu mythology as a righteous and glorious king. | |||
| The House of Ikshvaku reigns over ], an ancient kingdom in the northeast river plains of ], in the modern state of ], along the banks of the ]. The capital is ]. | |||
| ==In Vedic History== | |||
| Hindu mythology calls Ikshvaku and his line the emperors of the world. The ''world'' in Vedic terms, extended fairly to all of ], or all of ], ], and what are now ] & ]. | |||
| Ikshvaku was perhaps one of the earliest and most important ] monarchs of India, and played a pivotal role in the transformation of the ancient ] into modern ], and its propagation throughout India. | |||
| ==House of Ikshvaku== | |||
| Sri ], the seventh and most famous ] of ], of the epic ] is a descendant of the house of Ikshvaku. | |||
| Great kings like ] and ] were also kings in the line before Rama. After Rama, the kingdom and the worldwide domains were divided equally between his two sons, ], king of the northern and western realms, and ], who was made king of the southern and eastern realms. | |||
| ==Comtemporary theories== | |||
| Ikshvaku is speculated by some historians as not have been an Indian king at all. He was perhaps, according to them, an Indo-Aryan king of his peoples in ], whose legend was carried by the Indo-Aryan settlers of India and synthesized into their religion and mythical history. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}] is often construed to have been akin to the biblical ], however, by myth he is both "Adam" as first man and he is the "first king" who ruled the earth. Unlike Adam, King Manu is "Satyavrata" or someone who vows unto the truth, unlike Adam, Manu never falls from heaven but leads his people to heaven. | |||
| == References == | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
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| * - IIT Madras | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ], ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| {{HinduMythology}} | |||