
Also known as Sangala, Euthymedeia
Sagala, Śākala (), or Sangala () was a city in Punjab, which is generally identified as the predecessor of the modern city of Sialkot that is located in what is now Pakistan's northern Punjab province. The city was the capital of the Madra kingdom and it was razed in 326 BC during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great. In the 2nd century BC, Sagala was made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I. Menander embraced Buddhism after extensive debating with a Buddhist monk, as recorded in the Buddhist text Milinda Panha. Sagala became a major centre for Buddhism under his reign, and p
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- Pakistan
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- Taank Kingdom
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- Sialkot
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奢羯罗也作舍竭,是古印度一座城市,位于今巴基斯坦旁遮普省锡亚尔科特附近。建于亚历山大大帝东征时期,后为印度-希腊王国的重要城市。曾为弥兰陀王的首都。公元6世纪为嚈哒统治者摩酰逻矩罗的都城。唐代玄奘取经途中,曾路过此地。
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