Dasharatha

Dasharatha
Kaikeyi demands that Dasharatha banish Rama from Ayodhya
Maharaja of Kosala
Predecessor	Aja
Successor	Rama
Born	Nemi Ayodhya, Kosala
Died	Ayodhya, Kosala
Spouse	Kausalya Sumitra Kaikeyi
Issue	Rama Lakshmana Bharata Shatrughna
Dynasty	Raghuvamsha-Suryavamsha
Father	Aja
Mother	Indumati

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]