Lava (Ramayana)
Lava or Luv (Sanskrit: लव meaning "particle", Tamil: இலவன், Malay: Tilawi, Indonesian: Lawa, Khmer: Jupalaks, Lao: Phra Lao, Thai: Phra Lop, Telugu: లవుడు) and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of the Lord Rama and his wife Sita, whose story is recounted in the Ramayana. Per that text, he is known as the founder of Lavapuri, that is, the modern day city of Lahore, which is named after him. The Southeast Asian country Laos and the Thai city Lopburi were both named after him.
The Lohanas, Kurmis, Leva Patidars and Leva Gurjar's are present-day Indo-Aryan ethnic groups who attest to be descendants of Lava.
Read more about Lava (Ramayana): Birth and Childhood, Training From Maharshi Valmiki, Founding Lahore and Later History
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“We walk on molten lava on which the claw of a fly or the fall of a hair makes its impression, which being received, the mass hardens to flint and retains every impression forevermore.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)