A city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
In various Játakas - e.g.,
Ságala is mentioned as the capital of the Madda kings. It was also evidently called Sákala. (E.g., Mahábhárata 14, 32; tatah Sákalam abhyetvá Mádránám putabhedanam).
Ságala was the birthplace of Khemá Therí, (ThigA.127; Ap.ii.546; AA.i.187) of Bhaddá Kápilání, (ThigA.68; Ap.ii.583; AA.i.99) and of Queen Anojá (DhA.ii.116).
It is said (DhA.iii.281f.; cp. the story of Anitthigandha, a Pacceka Buddha, given in SNA.i.69) that when Aritthigandhakumára refused to marry any woman unless she resembled a golden image possessed by him, the messengers sent by his parents found a girl in Ságala who possessed the necessary requirements, but she was delicate, and died on her way from Ságala to Sávatthi.
It is perhaps the same city which is mentioned in the Vinaya (Vin.iii.67) as the residence of Dalhika.
Ságala is identified with the modern Sialkot in the Paijab (Law, Geog. 53).