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Soorya Vansh (Lineage)
See Soorya or Ikshwaaku Vansh according to MBH below - both do not match at all.
Vaivaswat Manu had ten sons - Il, Ikshwaaku, Kushnaabh, Arisht, Dhrisht, Narishyant, Karoosh, Sharyaati, Prishadhra and Naabhaag. After Il, Ikshwaaku was the eldest son of Manu. He was given the kingdom of middle area. He had 214 sons. The son of his eldest son was Kakutsth.

Kakutsth's son was Suyodhan
Suyodhan's son was Prithu
Prithu's son was Vishwaavasu
Vishwaavasu's son was Aardra
Aardra's son was Yuvanaashwa
Yuvanaashwa's son was Shaavast who inhabited a city named Shaavastee in Ang Desh. 
Shaavast's son was Brihdashwa
Brihdashwa's son was Kuvalaashwa
--Kuvalaashwa killed Dhundh named Daitya and became known as Dhundhumaar.
Kuvalaashwa's sons were Dradhaashwa, Dand, and Kapilaashwa 
--Among them Kapilaashwa was more famous

Dradhaashwa's son was Pramod 
Pramod's son was Haryaashwa
Haryaashwa's son was Nikumbh 
Nikumbh's son was Sanhtaashwa 
Sanhtaashwa's sons were Akritaashwa and Ranaashwa
Ranaashwa's son was Yuvanaashwa
Yuvanaashwa's son was Maandhaataa
Maandhaataa's sons were Purukuts, Dharmsetu and Muchukund (Indra's friend)
Purukuts's son was Sambhooti (married to Narmadaa) 
Sambhooti's son was Tridhanvaa
Tridhanvaa's son was Traidhaarun
Traidhaarun's son was Satyavrat
Satyavrat's son was Satyrath
Satyarath's son was Harishchandra
Harishchandra's son was Rohit
Rohit's son was Vrik
Vrik's son was Baahu
Baahu's son was Sagar
Sagar (had two wives - Prabhaa and Bhaanumatee. Prabhaa had 60,000 sons and Bhaanumatee had 
one son Asmanjas by the grace of Aurv Agni. Prabhaa'a 60,000 sons were burned by 
Kapil Muni when they went in search of Yagya horse. Then Bhageerath gave them Mukti
by bringing Gangaa on Earth.)

Sagar's son was Asmanjas
Asmanjas' son was Anshumaan
Anshumaan's son was Dileep
Dileep's son was Bhageerath (who brought Gangaa on Prithvi)
Bhageerath's son was Naabhaag
Naabhaag's son was Ambareesh
Ambareesh's son was Sindhudweep
Sindhudweep's son was Ayutaayu
Ayutaayu's son was Rituparn
Rituparn's son was Kalmaashpaad
Kalmaashpaad's son was Sarvkarmaa
Sarvkarmaa's son was Aaranya
Aaranya's son was Nighn
Nighn had two sons - Anumitra and Raghu - Anumitra went to forest to kill his enemies.

Raghu's son was Dileep
Dileep's son was Aj
Aj's son was Deerghbaahu 
Deerghbaahu's son was Prajaapaal
Prajaapaal's son was Dasharath
Dasharath's sons were Raam, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughn**
Raam's sons were Lav and Kush
Kush had the son Atithi
Atithi's son was Nishadh
Nishadh's son was Nal*
Nal's son was Nabhaa
Nabhaa's son was Pundareek
Pundareek's son was Kshemdhanvaa
Kshemdhanvaa's son was Devaaneek
Devaaneek's son was Aheenagu
Aheenagu's son was Shastraashwa
Shastraashwa's son was Chandraavalok
Chandraavalok's son was Taaraapeed
Taaraapeed's son was Chandragiri
Chandragiri's son was Chandra
Chandra's son was Shrutaayu - he was killed in Mahaabhaarat war.

Ikshwaaku Vansh (Lineage) - in MBH

It was in Sat Yug when Manu was the Lord of the age.
Manu's son was Prasandhi,
Prasandhi's son was Kshupaa,
Kshupaa's son was Ikshwaaku.
Ikshwaaku had a 100 sons. The eldest of them was Vinsh,
Vinsh's son was Vivinsh
Vivinsh had 15 sons - all of them very powerful. His eldest son was Khaninetra
Khaninetra's son Suvarchaa
      Suarchaa was continuously doing Punya so his treasury started getting empty. When his treasury got
      empty the other king started giving him trouble, but they could not kill him because his power was in
      his righteousness. In the last moment he blew his hand with his mouth and this produced a lot of force
      by which he defeated all kings. That is how he was called Karandham also.

Suvarchaa's son was Avikshit - the first Karandham, was born at the beginning of the Tretaa Yug, he was
      very brave and could not be defeated even by immortals. He performed hundreds of Ashwamedh Yagya
      in which Maharshi Angiraa himself was the priest.
Avikshit's son was Marutt who surpassed even his father in qualities.

*There are two kings whose name was Nal - one was the son of Veersen and the other was the son of Nishadh.
** This shows that there was only 15 generations gap between Raam and Krishn.
Raam -> Kush -> Atithi -> Nishadh -> Nal* -> Nabhaa -> Pundareek -> Kshemdhanvaa -> Devaaneek
Devaaneek -> Aheenagu -> Shastraashwa -> Chandraavalok -> Taaraapeed -> Chandragiri -> Chandra
Chandra -> Shrutaayu - he was killed in Mahaabhaarat war and Krishn was present in MBH War.

This seems a bit strange as there is a gap of at least 485,000 years gap between Raam and Krishn, and it seems impossible that only 15 kings ruled for at least 450,000 years even if they ruled for 10,000 years each.

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