SABAGRE, according to Orosius, a people who made their submission to Alexander the Great during his halt at the confluence of the Panjab rivers. According to Curtius, they were called Sambram or Sabracze ; aud according to Diodorus, who placed them to the east of the river, Sambastm. They were a powerful nation, second to none in India for courage and numbers. Their forces consisted of 60,000 foot, 6000 horse, and 500 chariots. The military reputation of the clan suggested to General Cunningham the pro bability that the Greek name may be descriptive of their warlike character, just as Yaudheya nieans warrior or soldier. He thinks therefore that the true Greek name may have been Samba grm, for the Sanskrit Samvagri, that is, the united warriors, or 2viuzuxior, which, as they were formed of three allied tribes, would have been an appropriate appellation. In support of this sur mise, he mentions that the country of which Bikanir is now the capital was originally called Bagar-des or the land of the Bagri or warriors, whose leader was Bagri Rao. The word Bliati
also means warrior or soldier, and thus at the present day the tribes calling themselves warriors form a large proportion of the population in the countries to the east of the. Sutlej, namely, the Johiya or Yaudheya along the river, the Bagri in Bikanir, and the Bhati in Jeysulmir. All three are of acknowledged Lunar descent. He thinks it possible that the name Sambagri might have been applied to these three clans and not to the three tribes of the Yaudheya, bu't he thinks that the Yaudheya have a superior claim, on account of their undoubted antiquity. To them he attri butes the foundation of the town of Ajudhan or Ayodhanam, the battlefield, which is evidently connected with their own name of Yaudheya or Ajudheya, the warriors, and he thinks the latter form of the name is most probably preserved in the Ossadii of Arrian, a free people who tendered tbeir allegiance to Alexander at the confluence of the Panjab rivers.—Cunningham's Geog. of Ind. p. 246.