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This section lists various genealogies mentioned in various scriptures, especially in Puraan, as they are its main part, still each Puraan gives some different description. First it should be understood well that all Vansh, be it Soorya Vansh or Chandra Vansh, were started from Manu. Manu had 10 sons and those 10 sons had their own Vansh; still only two Vansh are main because other Vansh have extinguished at one point or the other.

One dash after the name shows that the next name is the son of the previous one;
While two dashes show that the next name is not the son of the previous one, but is born in the same family after a few generations

SOORYA  or  IKSHWAAKU  or  RAGHU VANSH

(1) Ikshwaaku Vansh (Bhavishya Puraan) - Soorya Vansh in Sat Yug
Ikshwaaku Vansh and Soorya Vansh are the same, because Ikshwaaku was Vaivaswat Manu's son and Vaivaswat Manu was Soorya's (Vivaswaan) son. Its well-known kings are Maandhaataa, Trishanku, Harishchandra, Sagar, Dileep, Bhageerath, Ambareesh, Kalmaashpaad, Sudaas, Saudaas, Khatwaang, Deerghbaahu, Sudarshan.
(2) Raghu Vansh (Bhavishya Puraan) - Soorya Vansh is called Raghu Vansh in Tretaa Yug.
Raghu Vansh is also Soorya Vansh, but it was called Raghu Vansh in Tretaa Yug. It starts from Sudarshan's (last king of Ikshwaaku Vansh) grandson Raghu.

(3) Ikshwaaku Vansh (Bhaagvat Puraan) - Vikukshi Vansh
(4) Ikshwaaku Vansh (Bhaagvat Puraan) - Nimi Vansh

(5) Soorya Vansh (Padm Puraan) -
This list gives the Ikshwaaku Vansh as given in MBH also below the list from Padm Puraan, both do not match at all.

(6) Ikshwaaku Vansh (MBH)      see      Soorya Vansh (Padm Puraan)

CHANDRA VANSH

(11) Chandra Vansh (Bhavishya Puraan) in 2-Tretaa Yug (2nd Leg of Tretaa Yug) -
Chandramaa - Budh - Pururavaa - Aayu - Nahush - Yayaati - Yadu -- Krath - Kuntibhoj -- Sanvaran (Married to Soorya's daughter Tapatee) = here ends Tretaa Yug - 2nd Leg.

(12) Chandra Vansh (Bhavishya Puraan) in 3-Dwaapar Yug (3rd Leg of Tretaa Yug)  -
Sanvaran -- no known kings for long time, up to 52 generations - Tans - Dushyant - Bharat -- Shakrahotra - Hastee (Who habited Hastinaapur) -- after 13 generations of Kuru -- after 28 generations of another king Kuru (probably he came again) -- Dileep - Prateep - Shaantanu - Vichitraveerya - Paandu - Duryodhan - Yudhishthir = here ends Dwaapar Yug

(15) Chandra Vansh (Bhaagvat Puraan) - 2 -
Contd from....   Ajameedh (Vansh given) -- Bharmyaashwa - Had 5 sons (Paanchaal) - Mudgal - Ahalyaa (Shataanad -- Sharadwaan - Kripaa and Kripee. and Divaodaas -- Prishat - Drupad.
Ajameedh's second son was Riksh - Sanvaran - Kuru - Jahnu and Sudhanvaa -- Uparichar Vasu - Brihadrath (King of Chedi Desh) -- Jahnu.

(21) Manu Vansh (Bhaagvat Puraan) -
This list is from Swaayambhuv Manvantar

(52) Chauhaan Vansh
Prithveeraaj Chauhaan

--Miscellanea -
This section gives some interesting variations among some incidents described in our religious books.    

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