Alexander retreated from India, after appointing Porus as King of all the lands between Hydaspes and Hyphases (Sutlej & Indus, this kingdom was made up of seven different nations and had 2000 towns). Alexander was so pleased with the gallantry of Porus that he re-instated Porus with a larger empire (almost 85 thousand sq.
Porus marched his army towards Alexander and for 8 hours the Hindus fought bravely but were finally defeated - Porus himself a magnificent giant of 6 feet 8 inches fought till the end but at last succumbed to 9 wounds and was taken prisoner. So Alexander went 16 km up river and crossed over to the other bank, here he was met by Porus's eldest son, who fought bravely but was finally defeated and killed. (Prior to this Alexander had asked Porus for his submission which Porus had proudly refused).ĭue to the monsoon season, the river was flooded and the ground was wet, therefore, Alexander's cavalry (main army) were unable to fight the elephants of Porus. Porus had been betrayed by the Raja of Abhisara, Kashmir and Takshila. Porus stood alone with his two sons and an army of 50,000 soldiers against the mightiest hero of the world. and met the armies of Porus on the other bank. Alexander advanced to the river Jhelum in 326 B.C. It is said that only two kings opposed Alexander's invasion, King Hasti (defeated after a month long battle) and Porus, ruler of the doab between Jhelum and Chenab (which contained three hundred towns). (It is at this point we would like to inform you that the recorded history has 2 interpretations, one of the Greek, and the second of the Indian scholars, we will narrate both of them and let you interpret history in your own way). Smith states that Alexander's historian had mentioned the battle fought between Alexander and the mountain king of the north of Punjab named Phageus, by the Greeks and is identified in the Katoch family tree as Parmanand Chandra - famously known as Porus in the history of India. (He accompanied Alexander on his expeditions).Įarly History of India by V. Cunningham the first historical reference to Jalandhar (Kangra) is founded in the works of Ptolemy - the Greek Geographer.
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