Raghuvamsa
रघुवंश
raghuvaṃśa
Suryavamsa Kings were also known by the name Raghuvamsa for it is ruled once by the famous king Raghu. Ikshaku is the first king of the race. Rama, Dasaratha, Dilepa, Harishchandra, Raghu, Bharatha, Sagara are some of the kings in the race. Raghu is believed to have made military expedition to Kamboja (central Asia) thus called as Viswajith
Raghuvamsa is also a name of the famous epic poem by Kalidasa. The work describe the valour of Raghuvamsa Kings, namely Dileepa, Raghu, Aja, Dasaratha, Sri Rama. Lava and Kusa. It also describe their twenty of their ancestress from Nala to Agnivarna.
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