01-24-2008, 09:24 PM
Historynet.com's Alexander and the Battle of Hydaspes River
"Alexander the great" by Wally Badge which is a Syriac edition, with English translation, of the folk-lore and legends connected to Alexander the Great. This ancient text represents a Greek text that is much older than any text that has been known before. This text shows that alexander was actually defeated (though perhaps a later layering of the text confuses the issue).
a) Darius's call to help from Porus
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<img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2216846752_dfefaa85e1_o.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
"Alexander the great" by Wally Badge which is a Syriac edition, with English translation, of the folk-lore and legends connected to Alexander the Great. This ancient text represents a Greek text that is much older than any text that has been known before. This text shows that alexander was actually defeated (though perhaps a later layering of the text confuses the issue).
a) Darius's call to help from Porus
<img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2216051499_7d3fdc549c_o.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2216846752_dfefaa85e1_o.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />