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The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum, or First Battle of Jhelum, was fought between Alexander the Great and Porus in May of 326 BCE. It took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River in what is now the Punjab province of Pakistan, [17] as part of Alexander's Indian campaign.
SET launched Siddharth Kumar Tewary's serial titled Porus on the Battle of Hydaspes [27] in Nov 2017, in which Porus is portrayed by Laksh Lalwani. Porus appears in the Historical Battle campaign of Rome: Total War: Alexander. Porus appears in the video game Ancient Battle: Alexander, in which he is a playable character, as well as an enemy.
On the left bank of the Hydaspes, Alexander fights his last great battle, the Battle of the Hydaspes River. He and his general Craterus defeat the Indian King Porus. Alexander founds two cities there, Alexandria on the Indus or Alexandria Nicaea (to celebrate his victory) and Alexandria Bucephalous or Bucephala (named after his horse Bucephalus ...
The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander in July 326 BC against king Porus (possibly, Paurava) on the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab, near Bhera. The Hydaspes was the last major battle fought by Alexander. [30]
Perdiccas, having placed the ring he received from Alexander on the throne, along with the royal robes and diadem, [34] proposed that a final decision wait until Alexander's wife Roxana, who was pregnant, had given birth; if the unborn child (the future Alexander IV of Macedon) was a boy, then Perdiccas proposed that the child be chosen as the ...
The Battle of Jhelum, also known as the Battle of the Hydaspes, was a battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Hydaspes (now known as the Jhelum). Battle of Jhelum may also refer to: Battle of Jhelum (1206), a battle fought between the rebel Hindu Khokhars against the ...
Capturing the fortress of Aornos, in present-day northern Pakistan, in April 326 BC, Alexander crossed the Indus to begin campaigning in northern India, executing a series of manoeuvres to cross the Hydaspes river (the modern-day Jhelum) and defeat the Indian king Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes. [1]
Alexander and Porus fought each other at the Battle of the Hydaspes. Alexander was initially set on venturing into India, but the battle against Porus curbed his aspirations. His army mutinied when faced with opposing the Nanda Empire and their subordinate Gangaridai.