KING PORUS

We all have heard about Alexander, the Great but i am not sure how many of you know about King Porus who fought against Alexander in India.India being a wealthy country had lured almost all kings in the past and Alexander was no exception.When the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great arrived in India in the spring of 326,
he was welcomed by Omphis, the king of Taxila (Takshaçila, near modern Rawalpindi,Pakistan), another kingdom in the Punjab and Porus was not happy with it..And yes Porus (greek) was King Purushothaman of Puru dynasty.It as King Porus and Harikulas who opposed Alexander enetering their land.Harikulas being desecnders of  Yadus and Porus from Puru dynasty that bore the Pandavas were gallant warriors.His Paurava kingdom was present between Hydaspes (Jhelum river) and Acenises(Chenab river) and Beas near old Meluha civilization(Indus Valley Civilization).However, for the time being, he seemed safe, because the approaching monsoon rains would make it impossible to cross the Hydaspes. Therefore, he refused to send envoys to Taxila to offer tokens of submission. This was a grave error, because Alexander wanted to conquer all of India. In May, the Macedonian army started to march to the Hydaspes.Porus was prepared for war. With his army, he had taken up a position on the east bank, intending to prevent Alexander's crossing. A bit more to the north, one of his sons was guarding the river, to make sure that Alexander would not outflank the Pauravans. As it turned out, Porus' son was no match for the Macedonians: during a thunderstorm, they crossed the Hydaspes, and the Indian chariots were unable to move through the rain-soaked mud. He was defeated and killed, and Alexander started to move against the army of his father.

the battle field of Hydaspes the picture below

The Indians were outnumbered and outclassed by the Macedonian army. However, Porus still had one dangerous weapon: the elephants, an army unit that the Macedonians had never encountered before. He placed these animals before his infantry men, knowing that the Macedonian cavalry could not attack them because horses fear elephants unless they have had a special training.The Macedonian army encountered poisoned arrows and swords from the army of Porus which were poisoned with the venom of Russels Viper.When Nearly all Indian cavalry were killed; a few infantry men managed to flee; a wounded king Porus surrendered only after the destruction of his entire army. When Alexander asked him how he wanted to be treated, he gave the famous reply 'as a king'. Porus had behaved like a king indeed and Alexander could appreciate this.So,Porus was added as an ally and was given his Kingdom back.It was in this battle of Hydaspes 326 B.C Alexander's horse Bucephalus died.

In 1960, an Indian scholar named Buddha Prakash argued, basing himself on the famous medieval epic named Shahnameh by the Persian poet Firdausi, that Alexander was defeated' by Porus, that the two men became friends, and that this explained why Alexander left him so much territories. This theory, which has been revived in Pakistan in the 1990's, can not be accepted as serious scholarship, but Prakash was right to stress that Porus, who had suffered a terrible tactical defeat, was in the long term the real victor.However,Porus proved to be a gallant king of India,

Signing off with 'sincere' admiration on Porus,

Your's Hamsini.. and yes Can someone tell me the origin of the word 'Sincere'?[Post in comments]

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