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.

अग्रसेन

Maharaja Agrasena, in Agrawal tradition a Suryavanshi king, founded the city of Agroha in today's Hisar district of Haryana.

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.

रैवत

Raivata Kakudmi was a king of Kushasthali, the city later rebuilt as Dwaraka.

Other Gotra founders