Sophytes

Sophytes
ΣΩΦΥΤΟΥ
Ruler or Satrap
Coin of Sophytes.
Obv: Sophytes in profile with tight helmet and wreath.
Rev: Cock standing to right, with caduceus, and legend in Greek: ΣΩΦΥΤΟΥ "of Sophytes".
Reigncirca 300 BCE

Sophytes, or Saubhuti,[1] was the name of a king in Bactria or the northwestern Indian subcontinent during the time of the Alexander's invasion. Sophytes surrendered to Alexander and was allowed to retain his kingdom. Probably another Sophytes, who was satrap in the eastern territories conquered by Alexander the Great, minted his own coins in the Greek style circa 300 BCE.[2][3][4] Rapson and some others have considered them as the same person.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Rapson, Edward James (1955), The Cambridge History of India, Volume 1, CUP Archive, pp. 23–, GGKEY:FP2CEFT2WJH
  2. ^ Holt, Frank Lee (1988). Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia. Brill Archive. pp. 96–97. ISBN 9004086129.
  3. ^ Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1988). Age of the Nandas and Mauryas. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 127. ISBN 9788120804661.
  4. ^ Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. p. 163. ISBN 9783406093975.
  5. ^ Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1988). Age of the Nandas and Mauryas. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 126–127. ISBN 9788120804661.