Solar and Lunar Dynasties
Solar and Lunar Dynasties There were two ancient dynasties in India. Other dynasties have sprung from the two. These two dynasties are, Surya Vamsa, the Solar Dynasty and Chandra Vamsa, the Lunar dynasty. Lord Rama belonged to Ikshvaku Dynasty which is the same as Surya Vamsa, Solar Dynasty. Pandavas and Kauravas belonged to Chandra Vamsa,Lunar Dynasty. When one tries to find out the origin of Man Genealogy, and the first pair , one gets stuck, either with Incest or the origin of one of the pair remaining with no visible parentage. I seek the indulgence of the readers for my vagueness in the foregoing sentence. This is to avoid that useless controversy. Those who can read between the lines would understand. Now to the point at hand. If there were two dynasties, then who was the first one; how did the second dynasty come into play;how these two are related? Indian texts are clear on Cosmology and Genealogy, besides pther things. There are Eighteen Puranas...