Sophagasenus

Sophagasenos, also spelt Sophagasenus or Sophagasenas, (Sanskrit: Subhāgaseṇa) was an Indian king ruling in Kabul and Kapisa (Paropamisadae of the classical writings) during the last decades of 3rd century BCE. Sophagasenus finds reference only in the Histories of Polybius.

Etymology Sophagasenus is probably derived from the personal name Subhāgaseṇa.

Reference by Polybius Polybius , 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. and received more elephants until he had one hundred and fifty of them all together. He then returned home via Arachosia, Drangiana and Karmania.