The Mahabharata (Sabha Parva:14) mentioned about the Ailas as, "The numerous royal lines and other ordinary Kshatriyas all represent themselves to be the descendants of Aila and Ikshwaku. The descendants of Aila, as indeed, the kings of Ikshwaku’s race, are each divided into a hundred separate dynasties."
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Pururavas is mentioned to have obtained the science of sword from Ikshwaku.
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Ikshwaku was the son of Manu who gave race to the royal dyanasty of Ikshwakus.
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The epic Mahabharata mentions that the king of the name Asmaka was the adopted son of Saudasa alias Kalmashapada a king of Kosala and an Ikshwaku ruler.