09-25-2006, 12:26 AM
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Purshottama was the king of a kingdom whose length was just 60 Km long. He was known as Porus to Greeks. He was a vassal of Nanda dynasty of Magadha.
Marshall Zhukov, the Russian General who defeated Nazis and was the first to enter German capital, was keynote speaker at IMA few decades back and he told the graduating class that Indian army under Porus had stopped Alexander in his tracks and they should be proud of it.
Similar thing was actually recorded by E.A.W Badge who translated some texts that were apparently written by Alexander's contempraries. Badge writes in ''The Life and Exploits of Alexander''
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In the battle of Jhelum a large majority of Alexander's cavalry was killed. Alexander realized that if he were to continue fighting he would be completely ruined. He requested Porus to stop fighting. Porus was true to Indian traditions and did not kill the surrendered enemy.
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Interestingly, Oliver Stone made the movie Alexander a few years back. In this movie it is shown that Porus did not loose the war. Such historical movies are made with fair deal of research and with a good sprinkling of academic historians on the roster of movie making staff.
The fact they showed there was never any "Treat me like a king..." non-sense is significant and it points to a defeat of Alexander at Hydapses.
Moreover it is recorded by Plutarch and others that Alexander gave a lot of gold to Porus. Now why would a victor give his booty to a king who lost?
Lastly, Alexander could not go back the route he came. So he decided to chug south along Indus river to get to the ocean and then sail back. Here there is no record of Porus helping him get to the ocean. On this journey when Mallis attacked Alexander there is no record of Porus's army fighting against the Mallis alongside the Greek army. If Porus was really defeated why would he not help Alexander get to the ocean and fight the Mallis?
E. A. Wallis Badge, ''Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great'', Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company ISBN 1417947837
-Digvijay
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Purshottama was the king of a kingdom whose length was just 60 Km long. He was known as Porus to Greeks. He was a vassal of Nanda dynasty of Magadha.
Marshall Zhukov, the Russian General who defeated Nazis and was the first to enter German capital, was keynote speaker at IMA few decades back and he told the graduating class that Indian army under Porus had stopped Alexander in his tracks and they should be proud of it.
Similar thing was actually recorded by E.A.W Badge who translated some texts that were apparently written by Alexander's contempraries. Badge writes in ''The Life and Exploits of Alexander''
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In the battle of Jhelum a large majority of Alexander's cavalry was killed. Alexander realized that if he were to continue fighting he would be completely ruined. He requested Porus to stop fighting. Porus was true to Indian traditions and did not kill the surrendered enemy.
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Interestingly, Oliver Stone made the movie Alexander a few years back. In this movie it is shown that Porus did not loose the war. Such historical movies are made with fair deal of research and with a good sprinkling of academic historians on the roster of movie making staff.
The fact they showed there was never any "Treat me like a king..." non-sense is significant and it points to a defeat of Alexander at Hydapses.
Moreover it is recorded by Plutarch and others that Alexander gave a lot of gold to Porus. Now why would a victor give his booty to a king who lost?
Lastly, Alexander could not go back the route he came. So he decided to chug south along Indus river to get to the ocean and then sail back. Here there is no record of Porus helping him get to the ocean. On this journey when Mallis attacked Alexander there is no record of Porus's army fighting against the Mallis alongside the Greek army. If Porus was really defeated why would he not help Alexander get to the ocean and fight the Mallis?
E. A. Wallis Badge, ''Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great'', Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company ISBN 1417947837
-Digvijay