Sophagasenus
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Sophagasenos, also spelt Sophagasenus or Sophagasenas (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.
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Sophagasenos, also spelt Sophagasenus or Sophagasenas (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== Sophagasenus is probably derived from the name Subhāgasena.
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