Alexander the Great: The Battle That Changed Him Forever

[@JaninduGalagama-e4w]

Battle at Hydaspes is the most underrated battle of brilliance in 🗺 History

[@indrajitgupta3280]

The kind of crap that is pushed by my fellow-Indians, who seem to live in La La Land. All the records show Alexander won. There is no record of Porus' Indian name; it may or may not have been Puru, or Pururavas, by modern speculation, but nothing was recorded at the time. Alexander's general Seleucus took power over these areas after Alexander's death at Babylon, but he was driven back by the first Maurya emperor, Chandragupta Maurya. There is no record of Chandragupta and Alexander having met , although Greek accounts mention a mysterious Sandrocottus. Alexander gave Porus back his kingdom, and added to it. The powerful Magadhan Empire never got to grips with Alexander, but Chandragupta did engage with Alexander's successor, Seleucus Nicator.

[@sumodvs17]

❤

You're a smart man

[@indrajitgupta3280]

I am. Try to cope with it🙂

[@kevi152]

The movements of Alexander’s army in India was that of a defeated army and not one that was victorious. It eventually led to a disastrous retreat ! A military analyst, eg. Zhukov came to this conclusion. The rest is fiction. Persia was conquered , yet it was but a small incursion into a small kingdom when it came to India. We now know of various theories propagated by eugenic fantasies, regarding the history of ancient India and it time to look at facts , of which there very few. Greek accounts do not match their deeds and excuses regarding weariness abound. The movement of forces however bear witness to what did happen.

[@sanjayshah7776]

(1) Porus was a King with a tiny kingdom on the outer regions of India. This battle hardly has any mention, especially it is not mentioned at the magnificent world class Nalanda university. (2) Alexander was fully aware of the vast riches of the world being in India. When all this wealth of India is now in front of him, it makes no sense whatsoever that he and his men decide to go back to Greece ! The excuse that his men were tired, makes no sense whatsoever, especially since they had been fighting for years, were extremely well trained and as mentioned , the riches of India were in front of Alexander (3) Apparently, Alexander died on his journey back to Greece. Apparently, Alexander was very severely injured in the war with King Porus (4) The land outside of King Porus kingdom was not Alexander's land. It is strange that the video claims Alexander now gives this land to King Porus for his bravery in battle (5) The Greeks in Greece make mention of King Porus. However, because King Porus had such a small kingdom , he is hardly mentioned in India. (6) The empires of India, has nothing to do with Alexander. They were vast empires that covered massive territories.

[@sanjayshah7776]

(1) Porus was a King with a tiny kingdom on the outer regions of India. This battle hardly has any mention, especially it is not mentioned at the magnificent world class Nalanda university. (2) Alexander was fully aware of the vast riches of the world being in India. When all this wealth of India is now in front of him, it makes no sense whatsoever that he and his men decide to go back to Greece ! The excuse that his men were tired, makes no sense whatsoever, especially since they had been fighting for years, were extremely well trained and as mentioned , the riches of India were in front of Alexander (3) Apparently, Alexander died on his journey back to Greece. Apparently, Alexander was very severely injured in the war with King Porus (4) The land outside of King Porus kingdom was not Alexander's land. It is strange that the video claims Alexander now gives this land to King Porus for his bravery in battle (5) The Greeks in Greece make mention of King Porus. However, because King Porus had such a small kingdom , he is hardly mentioned in India. (6) The empires of India, has nothing to do with Alexander. They were vast empires that covered massive territories.

[@JaninduGalagama-e4w]

On his way back Alexanders Army faced resistance from Barbaric mountain ⛰ tribes in his way back to persia and he was really mentally exhausted due to the death of his beloved friend and 🐴

[@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД]

There was no chroniclers among them to write down these events back then. All you have is anonymous claims no archaeological proof at all.

[@monty5308]

Porus was a ruler of a relatively small outlier state of the then India. Waiting beyond Porus ' state was the Mauryan State of Magadh, a much more powerful and larger state, ruled by Bimbisara et al. Good that Alexander's soldiers realized the fate that awaited them early on...had they pressed any further.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

There is some misunderstanding here. At the time of Alexander's entry into north-west India, 326 BC, there was no Mauryan Empire, and Magadha was ruled by a succession of shadowy dynasties about whom little is known. We know about the Haryanka Dynasty, of which Bimbisara was a great ruler, succeeded by his son Ajatashatru. However, the Haryankas were succeeded by the Nandas, who ruled possibly until 322 BC. All this refers to the very powerful state of Magadha, roughly in the space that is today eastern UP and Bihar. It was the legends and rumours about the fearsome Nanda army, far greater than the forces of the frontier princeling Porus, that crystallised the war-weariness of Alexander's troops, and made them refuse to go further. While Alexander marched away south, to the sea and then to Babylon, the Nandas, who were not popular, were succeeded by Chandragupta, who established the Maurya dynasty. That was quite some time after Alexander had departed, during the reign of one of his successors, the so-called Diadochi, a general named Seleucus Nicator. Much more happened thereafter, but as far as the story of Alexander is concerned, this is where the Battle of the Hydaspes stops.

[@amitabhnag1004]

Alexander is not a Great king He lost the war.

[@sonsofjorge7730]

hmm.. you're taking about that alexander from your village, eh? read and read more so you will be enlightened

[@SachinKumar-wx3up]

It was Alexander who was wounded and died in the way to his kingdom.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

There is no information about any such thing happening.

[@sanjayshah7776]

Alexander never reached Greece. He died on the way back fun the battle with King Porus. If not from the injuries of the battle with King Porus, how else did Alexander die on his way back to Greece ?????

[@maruthiprasadyadav]

Alexander died in that war stop your nonsense

[@howhistoryofworld]

No he did not. There is no evidence of it.

[@sanjayshah7776]

​@@howhistoryofworldAlexander never reached Greece. He died on his way back after the battle with King Porus. If Alexander was not injured from that battle, then how did he die on his way back ? It is strange, when all the wealth of the world is in India, in front of him, his men are tired and they want to go back home. Makes no sense whatsoever.

[@killolpandya4376]

Porus whupped Alex and he fled back to where he came from. Whoever thinks Alex granted Pururvara( that was his actual name, not the helenised Porus) territory bigger than his original kingdom despite the greeks winning needs to get a reality check...that never happens. The Indians won. Pururvara beat Alex and so the victor ( Pururvara) naturally annexed greek held Indian territory. That is history, the rest, are lies

[@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД]

The name India itself in Hellenistic ancient Greek use to call indica. Check your facts. There was no native india in history yet you adopted it.

[@riderchallenge4250]

@@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД India was Bharat you kid India was always called bharata in their native languages

[@anuragg-p8k]

And that’s why he was forced to go not from his conquered territories but thru cholistan desert and balochistan where at Multan malli tribes gave him a fatal javelin wound and after some months he passed away

[@anuragg-p8k]

@@ИСТИАКМОРШЕДIndians called ionians (Greeks) as yavan s … what’s so confusing in mere names

[@ksthakur1179]

Check your facts first... India tht is bharat is a millions years old civilization... You never can measure the depth of ocean neither of india.. Muslims rose 1400 years ago n you rose perhaps 2000 yrs ago.. The tenth n eleventh century was your dark age.. Bakwas kerta hai..

[@aminkhalifa168]

Keep it up ❤

[@howhistoryofworld]

Thanks for the support

[@mfarooqhayat8182]

Porus never stood a chance against Alexander. The Greeks lured porus in fient frontal assaults across the river and then Alexander made a classic left hook. Porus's army was trampled by it's own elephants besides the Greeks. Facts are facts. Don't mutilate history. Greek historians documented the battle in great detail and it was a fair victory for Alexander by any measure. Alexander advanced till the borders of present day haryana and only turned back because his soldiers couldn't bear the Indian summer heat

[@JaninduGalagama-e4w]

Do the next video on Scourage of God Attila The Hun and his battles

[@howhistoryofworld]

Good suggestion...Stay tuned

[@nikomero-c4h]

If you make 200 elephants to scream in same time any cavalry any horse who never had experience with elephants will be with no control , in that battle most of casualties was made by Greek Macedonian horses who never face elephants, plus the arows with cobra poision, that was for the first time different battle for Greeks Macedonian , because in open field with elephants and poison arows Greek Macedonian was undefeated with phalanges formation , after that the Greek Macedonian army was so tired and they return home.

[@Francis-m2d]

Well, they'd been gone from home for what, 13 years??? I guess they would be tired.

[@nikomero-c4h]

@@Francis-m2d Me I got tired after 13 day vacation, imagen fighting for 13 year ,,, have nice day.

[@krunaljani6936]

Alexander was defeated by Porus

[@joban8177]

Proud to be Punjabi 💪🏼

[@bavykieng7777]

General Gregory Zhukov explained that Alexander retreated from India in haste across a dessert was similar to that of Hitler’s Army at Stalingrad.

[@MuhammadAhmad-mm8pd]

In those days Jehlum was the part of Ambhi's realm,the ruler of Taxila . Maharaj Poru's domain was the beyond southern bank of the river Jehlum that is why Alexander had to cross the river to invade Poru's territories.

[@riderchallenge4250]

Ambhi was an asshole he sided with foreigners

[@samantkumar4529]

Western film has already showed that Alexander fell from his horse and was rescued by his bodyguards. Stop telling lies.

[@howhistoryofworld]

Which movie are you talking about?

[@krishkrish7574]

@@howhistoryofworld 2004 film 'Alexander' directed by Oliver Stone

[@howhistoryofworld]

So, you are ready to believe a film with inaccuracies but not Historical Facts!!! Great!!!

[@krishkrish7574]

@@howhistoryofworld What is your source of 'historical facts'? Give the reference

[@howhistoryofworld]

I have already replied to someone with the links in the comments section. You may take a look if you want.

[@rahulborse1664]

When Europeans tell, it must be true 😆

[@srikumaralm.sreedharm.sree9757]

Off Course,

[@ksthakur1179]

😂😂😂

[@Francis-m2d]

What are supposed to do--rely on Indian propagandists?

[@somnathchakraborty1663]

Maha Raja Purush won the battle and forsed Alexander to leave Indian Subcontinent😊

[@JaninduGalagama-e4w]

The army of Alexander The Great won the battle but faced severe casualities

[@SiugamerMv57]

​@@JaninduGalagama-e4w he was defeated and he ran away

[@Francis-m2d]

lol...nice try.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

@@JaninduGalagama-e4w Let us not make up a false history to glorify ourselves. Porus lost the battle, by all accounts that exist; none exist that state that he won.

[@phbrinsden]

Alexander won but at high cost. He returned to Persia because his men refused to go further. He didn’t leave because he lost any battle.

[@vaidyasantosh8559]

If alexander has won why did he spared raja paurava/parvateshwar life alexander has not spared his family member nor friend while conquering afganistan he massacared t inhabitants after defeating them so how come alexander spared t life of raja parvateshvar/porus and gave t kingdom back .if alexander has won why didnt the nanda empire was attacked why he went back via sind to babylon instead of afganistan.thats t logic .

[@bijaan2357]

The freak not the great has a dream to become the roller of known world like Cyrus truely the great

[@DDTipsy]

He was over 7 feet tall. And I stopped watching the video

[@AloysiusHettiarachchi]

This perhaps is a false narrative. Alexander the Great did not defeat King Porus (or Paurusha). Because of unfamiliar terrain, Alexander the Great could not defeat his rival. While waiting to restart war, may be he met some sages or monks, and perhaps he may have developed empathy to others. It seems his general remained and got friendly with King Porus. It was Chandraguptha Morya who pushed out Porus, and he had got married to the daughter of that general. The ten sons of that princess came down to the Bangalore area (Mangalpura or Mangalore) and eventually had some to Sri Lanka to establish Sinhala colonies (named after their father who was also called Sinha). Interestingly, a Greek settlement existed in the city of Anuradhapura half a millenia before Alexander came to India. The ruins/artefacts have been uncovered at 6 meters depth.

[@vats_chauhan]

He was raja Puru not Porus.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

Nobody has recorded that name, anywhere. We might guess that the nearest equivalent to Porus might be Puru, but it is still a guess.

[@ranarajput7368]

Actually it is Purushottam

[@Darshanvraval]

Alexander lost the war and Porus won the war

[@phbrinsden]

It was a battle, not a war. And all Greek and local “Indian” history say Alexander won the battle.

[@alecks999998]

Nope

[@sanjayshah7776]

​@@phbrinsdenEXACTLY What local Indian texts say Alexander lost the war ??? I know the Greeks in Greece say Alexander defeated Porus. Well, this is strange in that , the vast eye watering wealth of India lay in front of them in India, and all of a sudden Alexander men are tired and decide to go back home to Greece. Makes absolutely no sense !! It makes sense that a defeated or a heavily injured leader is forced to retreat or return back to Greece. Infact, I believe , Alexander never survived the trip back to Greece, which is an indication that he was heavily injured in the battle with King Porus

[@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣΤΣΑΝΤΑΚΗΣ]

he wasnt his match not even close , The brute force of elephants were easily stopped by sarissas , Poros was a brave man but not the tactician that could even trouble Alexander the Great, Poros did nothing and this battle meant nothing for Alexander, He continued his campaign inside India territory for months and he even had his most severe injury after leading an aftermath charge of a siege failure at a gate , ALexander already knew how to face elephants and fully organised some in his armies , Knowing the vulnerability of war elephants he knew they werent the main weapon to battles , ALexander s men gottired from massive battles and hardships , noone was even close to ALexander s strategical genius , he countered every single counter army on his own weakness , archers , charioteers , horsemen etc , The problem for ALexander werent the elephants but Hindus s archers with massive longbows , so he picked a rainyday when Poros s archers - longbowmmen sort of , couldnt perform with the muddy terrain and of course the genius of Alexander wasnt explained correctly - the cross passing of Hedaspes , He made some troops walking back and forth for months with lights as to make Indians feel safe and then when he picked crosspassing , weather , terrain as the grandmaster we easily won a battle

[@chandrachandu1405]

Don't spread false stories, porus won the war and Alexander left india. Nobody granted porus his kingdom

[@dragonbane44]

There is no historical records that says Porus won. Dont be so jingoistic that you cant accept facts for what they are.

[@Donkeylover192]

U must be indian and that one like is showing on ur comment u give your self alif I'm right

[@chandrachandu1405]

@Donkeylover192 yes u r right am Indian. Where r u frm?

[@amitabhnag1004]

This is a propaganda story that Alexander defeated Pours, made by Western countries and some good for nothing indian communist historians, which is appointed by useless Congress government to let the brave indian hindu kings down.

[@ewaldrempel9924]

That is total nonsense! Alexander won the war in the battle of Hydaspes! He allowed Porus to remain as satrap under Alexander‘s reign, but only because Alexander was impressed by Porus‘ courage and attitude!

[@kingsingh8106]

Porus is victory ale loss battle and his horse and dai

[@Harry-Murphy]

Yeah why would he stop and turn around and fought a small part of indian lords, he got killed and annilated his forces if he went forward. He also had, ally in another Indian lord to thst was himself goin g to goung to war against porus

[@ИСТИАКМОРШЕД]

There was no India as political entity back then.

[@Rishavpandey49]

🥷

[@ksthakur1179]

We indians... Our great rajput maratha.. Jat gurjar.. And so many of fighter clans have always been under rated... As our marshal class never ever loose any battles.. Where ever they lost it was only becoz of out numbered foe.. But we lost to built the narrative.. The whites n muslims have lost most of the time.. ( if the indian n Russian troops were not there.. They would have lost the world war too as well ) But they won becoz they could build narrative of lies.. Always..

[@JaninduGalagama-e4w]

Alexander The Great won this battle! But he couldn't continue his campaign as he was injured both mentally and physically

[@indrajitgupta3280]

He was not injured in the Battle of the Hydaspes. He was severely injured afterwards, during the course of his march along the Indus to the sea.

[@arnabdas1771]

False history, Alexander couldn't defeat Porus or PURU.

[@nickcampos8188]

RATIO

[@rajkiranthomas3579]

What a beautiful lie 😂.... It's like operation success patient close 😂🤣😅

[@KonTheo78]

Stop disinformation and read a history book.

[@howhistoryofworld]

I assure you, i did..

[@KonTheo78]

@howhistoryofworld give me one source????

[@howhistoryofworld]

Sure... I'll give you sources that I refered to... www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Hydaspes www.worldhistory.org/article/660/battle-of-hydaspes/ byjus.com/free-ias-prep/battle-of-the-hydaspes-326-bc/

[@howhistoryofworld]

These are just a few sources that I referred to. Actually if u search, all sources say Alexander won. No historical records say Porus won.

[@howhistoryofworld]

The only source where I found Porus winning was in Quora. And you can't trust Quora because it's just people ranting without giving any credible source.

[@rahulbanerjee4181]

Later Chandragupta defeated the Greeks, he defeated alexander's general king Selukas and married his daughter princes Helen, , though helen and Chandragupta were in love affair from teen age.......Helen came to India with his father Selukas , who was the general of Alexander's,s army..make a video of that great historical story of love and valoure

[@indrajitgupta3280]

There is no record of any such thing, or any such person.

[@sumodvs17]

😂