Cleophis
| Cleophis | |
|---|---|
 Queen Cleophis Offers Alexander the Great Wine after Conquering Massaga | |
| Queen of Assacani | |
| Reign | 326 BC – ? |
| Predecessor | Assacanus |
| Issue | Assacanus |
Cleophis (Sanskrit: Kripa[1]) was an Assacani queen and figure in the war between the Assacani people and Alexander the Great. Cleophis was the mother of Assacanus, the Assacanis' war leader at the time of Alexander's invasion of the Indus Valley in 326 BCE.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ According to scholars, the Sanskrit equivalent of the classical name Cleophis is Kripa: See e.g: Chandragupta Maurya and His times, 1988, p 25, Dr R. K. Mukerjee; Ancient India, 2003, p 261, Dr V. D. Majan; History of Punjab, Vol I, 1997, p 229 Editors Dr L. M. Joshi, Dr Fauja Singh; Bhavan's Journal, 1960, p 90, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Archaeology of Punjab, 1992, p 76, Bālā Madhu, Punjab (India); Ancient Kamboja, People and the Country, 1981, p 284, Dr J. L. Kamboj; Problems of Ancient India, 2000, p 149, K. D. Sethna.
- ↑ Cf: The story of Cleophis' relations with the Macedonian king is heavily romanticized (Ref: The Greek World in the Fourth Century: From the Fall of the Athenian Empire to the Successors of..., 1997, p 211, Lawrence A. Tritle).
