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A painting by Charles Le Brun depicting Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes. When asked by Alexander how he wished to be treated, Porus replied "Treat me as a king would treat another king". [47] [full citation needed] Impressed, Alexander indeed treated him like a king, allowing him to retain his lands.
Informed of Alexander's passage, Porus became concerned with tackling those who had already crossed, rather than preventing passage of the remaining majority. [16] He took a defensive position in the plains, interspersing infantry units with elephants [ d ] on the front lines and stationing the cavalry and chariots in the wings.
In 327 BC Alexander the Great began his foray into Punjab. King Ambhi, ruler of Taxila, surrendered the city to Alexander. Many people had fled to a high fortress/rock called Aornos. Alexander took Aornos by storm after a successful siege. Alexander fought an epic battle against the ancient Indian monarch Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (326).
Alexander followed close behind their heels and captured the strategic hill-fort after the fourth day of a bloody fight. This fight was the challenge Alexander was looking for, an army with huge elephants that were almost able to defeat Alexander. A painting by Charles Le Brun depicting Alexander and Porus (Puru) during the Battle of the Hydaspes.
Porus awaits the attack of Alexander, July, 326 BCE. Porus was a regional King in India. Arrian writes about Porus, in his own words: One of the Indian Kings called Porus, a man remarkable alike for his personal strength and noble courage, on hearing the report about Alexander, began to prepare for the inevitable.
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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. [129] Alexander was impressed by Porus's bravery and made him an ally.
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