Maharaja महाराजा
Kings who founded Gotras
Kings whose descendants keep their name as a Gotra. Most families trace their Gotra to a Rishi; these trace it to a king.
Agrasena
अग्रसेन
Maharaja Agrasena, in Agrawal tradition a Suryavanshi king, founded the city of Agroha in today's Hisar district of Haryana. The Agroha mound is real; the king and his date come from tradition.
Ikshvaku
इक्ष्वाकु
Ikshvaku, son of Vaivasvata Manu, is the first king of Ayodhya and the founder of the Solar dynasty, which is also named after him. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions each claim the line.
Raivata
रैवत
Raivata Kakudmi was a king of Kushasthali, the city later rebuilt as Dwaraka. In the Puranas he is the father of Revati, who married Balarama.
Ajamidha
अजमीढ
Ajamidha is a king of the Lunar dynasty, a son of Hastin of the Puru line, whose descendants include Kanvas who became Brahmins. His name stands in the pravara "Angirasa, Ajamidha, Kanva".
Ambarisha
अम्बरीष
Ambarisha is a king of the Solar dynasty whose name stands in the Angirasa pravara "Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yauvanashva". The Puranas know more than one king of the name.
Bharmyashva
भर्म्यश्व
Bharmyashva is a king of the Lunar dynasty, the father of five sons who are called the Panchalas. His name stands in the pravara "Angirasa, Bharmyashva, Mudgala".
Divodasa
दिवोदास
Divodasa is the name of a Rigvedic king of the Bharatas, a king of Kashi who teaches Sushruta in the Sushruta Samhita, and a Panchala prince. The texts do not keep them apart.
Mandhatri
मान्धातृ
Mandhatri, son of Yuvanashva, is a king of the Solar dynasty known for his birth from his father's side, his conquests and his fifty daughters. He is named in Angirasa pravaras.
Purukutsa
पुरुकुत्स
Purukutsa is a king named in the Rigveda, and in the Puranas a son of Mandhatri. His name stands in the Angirasa pravara "Angirasa, Purukutsa, Trasadasyava".
Somadatta
सोमदत्त
Somadatta is a Kuru prince of the Lunar dynasty in the Mahabharata, the son of Bahlika and father of Bhurishravas, who fought for the Kauravas. The Somadatta gotra on this site takes its name from him.
Yuvanashva
युवनाश्व
Yuvanashva is the name of two Solar kings that the Puranas keep apart: the father of Mandhatri, and the grandson Yauvanashva whose name stands in the pravara "Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yauvanashva".