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'''Sophagasenos''' also spelt '''Sophagasenus''' or '''Sophagasenas'''<ref name="Garg, Gaṅgā Rām 1992 510">{{cite book | author= Garg, Gaṅgā Rām |title= Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 2 |publisher= Concept Publishing Company |year=1992 |page=510 |isbn= 9788170223757}}</ref> was a local | '''Sophagasenos''', also spelt '''Sophagasenus''' or '''Sophagasenas'''<ref name="Garg, Gaṅgā Rām 1992 510">{{cite book | author= Garg, Gaṅgā Rām |title= Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 2 |publisher= Concept Publishing Company |year=1992 |page=510 |isbn= 9788170223757}}</ref> ([[Sanskrit]]: '''Subhagasena'''), was a local Indian king ruling in Kabul and [[Kingdom of Kapisa|Kapisa]] valley ([[Paropamisadae]] of the classical writings) during the last decades of 3rd century BCE. Sophagasenus finds reference only in "The Histories" of [[Polybius]]. | ||
==Names | ==Names== | ||
Sophagasenus is probably derived from the name Shubhagasena.{{sfn|Kosmin|2014|p=36}} | Sophagasenus is probably derived from the name Shubhagasena.{{sfn|Kosmin|2014|p=36}} | ||
==Polybius on Sophagasenus== | ==Polybius on Sophagasenus== | ||
[[Polybius]] ({{circa|204|122 BCE}}), the Greek historian, makes reference to Sophagasenus in context with [[Antiochus III]] | [[Polybius]] ({{circa|204|122 BCE}}), the Greek historian, makes reference to Sophagasenus in context with [[Antiochus III]]'s expedition across the Caucasus Indicus ([[Hindu Kush]]) in around 206 BCE. Having crossed the Caucasus Mountains, Antiochus moved up to Kabul and met Sophagasenus the Indian king with whom he renewed league and friendship he had made previously.<ref>Political History of Ancient India, 1996, p 322, Dr H. C. Raychaudhury, Dr B. N. Mukerjee</ref> and received more elephants until he had one hundred and fifty of them all together. He then returned home via Arachosia, Drangiana and Karmania.<ref>Ref: Polybius, XI.34.11-12</ref>{{#tag:ref|Read actual Trans of Polybius 11.34: ''"He (Antiochus) crossed the Caucasus Indicus (Paropamisus) and descended into India; renewed his friendship with Sophagasenus the king of the Indians; received more elephants, until he had a hundred and fifty all together; and having once more provisioned his troops, set out again personally with his army: leaving Androsthenes of Cyzicus the duty of taking home the treasure which this king had agreed to hand over to him.{{sfn|Kosmin|2014|pp=35–36}} Having traversed Arachosia and crossed the river Enymanthus, he came through Drangene to Carmania; and as it was now winter, he put his men into winter quarters there."''<ref>The Histories of Polybius, Book 11, 1889, p 78, by Friedrich Otto Hultsch, [[Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh]]</ref>|group=Note}} No other source except Polybius makes any reference to Sophagasenus. | ||
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Sophagasenos, also spelt Sophagasenus or Sophagasenas[1] (Sanskrit: Subhagasena), was a local Indian king ruling in Kabul and Kapisa valley (Paropamisadae of the classical writings) during the last decades of 3rd century BCE. Sophagasenus finds reference only in "The Histories" of Polybius.
Names[edit | edit source]
Sophagasenus is probably derived from the name Shubhagasena.[2]
Polybius on Sophagasenus[edit | edit source]
Polybius (c. 204 – c. 122 BCE), the Greek historian, makes reference to Sophagasenus in context with Antiochus III's expedition across the Caucasus Indicus (Hindu Kush) in around 206 BCE. Having crossed the Caucasus Mountains, Antiochus moved up to Kabul and met Sophagasenus the Indian king with whom he renewed league and friendship he had made previously.[3] and received more elephants until he had one hundred and fifty of them all together. He then returned home via Arachosia, Drangiana and Karmania.[4][Note 1] No other source except Polybius makes any reference to Sophagasenus.
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Read actual Trans of Polybius 11.34: "He (Antiochus) crossed the Caucasus Indicus (Paropamisus) and descended into India; renewed his friendship with Sophagasenus the king of the Indians; received more elephants, until he had a hundred and fifty all together; and having once more provisioned his troops, set out again personally with his army: leaving Androsthenes of Cyzicus the duty of taking home the treasure which this king had agreed to hand over to him.[5] Having traversed Arachosia and crossed the river Enymanthus, he came through Drangene to Carmania; and as it was now winter, he put his men into winter quarters there."[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu world, Volume 2. Concept Publishing Company. p. 510. ISBN 9788170223757.
- ↑ Kosmin 2014, p. 36.
- ↑ Political History of Ancient India, 1996, p 322, Dr H. C. Raychaudhury, Dr B. N. Mukerjee
- ↑ Ref: Polybius, XI.34.11-12
- ↑ Kosmin 2014, pp. 35–36.
- ↑ The Histories of Polybius, Book 11, 1889, p 78, by Friedrich Otto Hultsch, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh