Definition of Ikshvaku dynasty

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. The supreme perceptor of the Ikshvaku dynasty is Sage Vashishta. 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. 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. The last famous king of the Ikshvaku dynasty at Ayodhya was "Brihadbala", killed during the Mahabharata war. Beginning with the Ikshvaku dynasty, the Telugu script was replaced in royal inscriptions with Sanskrit.