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Porus or Poros (Ancient Greek: Πῶρος Pôros; fl. 326–321 BC) was an ancient Indian king whose territory spanned the region between the Jhelum River (Hydaspes) and Chenab River (Acesines), in the Punjab region of what is now India and Pakistan. [2]
Among the Indian leadership, two sons of Porus and his relative and ally Spitakes were killed during the battle, as well as most of his chieftains. [41] Around 80 elephants were captured alive. [ 46 ] [ 42 ] Alexander also acquired an additional 70 war elephants due to the late arrival of reinforcements called for by King Porus after the battle ...
In 326 BC, he was appointed by Alexander as one of the commanders of the troops in India along with Peithon, Porus and Taxiles. After Alexander's death, Eudemus assassinated Porus and effectively controlled Alexander's northern Indian territories until he became involved in the Wars of the Diadochi during which he was captured and killed by ...
Porus is a historical drama television series based on the Battle of the Hydaspes, visualizing the lives of Porus, ... Mahanandini is killed off. Chanakya kidnaps ...
Porus surrenders to Alexander. After Aornos, Alexander crossed the Indus and won an epic battle against King Porus, who ruled a region lying between the Hydaspes and the Acesines (Chenab), in what is now the Punjab, in the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC. [130] Alexander was impressed by Porus's bravery and made him an ally.
Porus sent a small cavalry and chariot force under his son to the crossing. According to sources [citation needed], Alexander had already encountered Porus's son, so the two men were not strangers. Porus's son killed Alexander's horse with one blow, and Alexander fell to the ground. Also writing about this encounter, Arrian adds,
After Alexander's death in 323 BC, Stateira was killed by Alexander's other wife, Roxana. [1] ... (called Barsine) in 2017 Indian TV series Porus. References
Porus was soon assassinated by the Macedonian general Eudemus. By 316 BCE, the Macedonian lands were conquered by Chandragupta Maurya , a young adventurer. After engaging in and winning the Seleucid–Mauryan war for supremacy over the Indus Valley, Chandragupta gained control of modern-day Punjab and Afghanistan.