The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c25.121

v1.c25.121

Somewhere near the Kshatriya country, it would seem, lay the principality of the rāja Saubhūti, worthy to be set beside the Paurava, as he is described to us, for goodliness of person and stature and for the vigour of his administration⁵. In later days he struck coins with his name in Greek as Sophytes¹. It was now apparently that he first saw the Yavanas as the invaders of his territory and had the prudence to make friends with them. He entertained the Macedonian king with splendour; the strength and tenacity of his great hunting dogs, of which he gave an exhibition, was what impressed the Europeans more than anything else².