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Dasharatha
Kaikeyi demands that Dasharatha banish Rama from Ayodhya
Maharaja of Kosala
PredecessorAja
SuccessorRama
BornNemi
Ayodhya, Kosala
DiedAyodhya, Kosala
Spouse
  • Kausalya
  • Sumitra
  • Kaikeyi
Issue
  • Rama
  • Lakshmana
  • Bharata
  • Shatrughna
DynastyRaghuvamsha-Suryavamsha
FatherAja
MotherIndumati

Dasharatha (Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST: Daśaratha; born Nemi) was the king of Kosala, with its capital at Ayodhyā, in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Dasharatha married Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He was the father of Rama, the protagonist of the epic, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna. Dasharatha also finds mention in the Vishnu Purana.[1]

  1. ^ "Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - Sarga 34".

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