Aja of Kosala
Aja was the 60th king in the Solar Dynasty, descent from the sun god Surya. He was the son of king Raghu , one of the most famous kings of the Ikshvaku dynasty. His paternal grandfather was the pious king Dileepa. He ruled the kingdom of Kosala on the southern banks of the river Sarayu, with Ayodhya as his capital. His wife Indumati was the princess of Vidarbha (King Bhoja's younger sister) and his son was Dasharatha, father of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. Indumati used to be an apsara, a celestial damsel named  Harini in her previous birth. Once Lord Indra grew apprehensive of the rigorous penance practiced by the sage Trinabindu sent her against him for disrupting his penance. By exhibiting in front of him her attractive flirtation succeeded in interrupting his penance as a result, the enraged sage cursed her to be born as a mortal woman on the earth and remain there till she beholds celestial flower on the earth. In due course, she was born as a princess of Vidarbha and chose king Aja as her husband in her Sawamvayara. Soon Dasharatha was born to them, however, her time  on earth comes near tnd. Once, while sage Narada was traversing the sky, a garland of his Veena fell on Indumati, redeeming her from the curse. Regaining the form of apsara, she vanished from the earth leaving Aja. King Dasharatha was only eight months old when Indumati died. Aja was so grief-stricken when his wife died, he ran into the palace and committed suicide. Some other instances tell that he couldn't bear the thought of Indumati leaving him and died heartbroken that instant. However, Raghuvamsham's text by Kalidasa quotes that His Guru Vashishtha sent his student to  console him; he however could not come out of the pain, and after having ruled for a few more years, he died.