During the Treta Yuga (one of the four world ages in Sanatan Dharma), Ayodhya served as the Ikshavaku dynasty’s capital. According to Hindu Itihasa (history), the first human “Manu,” had a son named Ikshavaku and it was Ikshavaku who established Raghuvanshi or Suryavamsha dynasty (solar dynasty, also known as Ikshvaku dynasty). Dasarath, the king of Ayodhya was born in the Suryavanshi dynasty. A man of his words, radiant, prosperous and devoted to truth. It is to King Dasarath and his wife Kaushalya that Shree Ram was born in Ayodhya.