09-13-2006, 11:38 PM
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='font-family:Optima'>Pl correct me if I am mistaken. Poras who fought against Alexander and in fact, defeated him; was King of Bihar.</span></span>
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Hello Captain,
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. He was not in Bihar.
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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
E. A. Wallis Badge, ''Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great'', Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company ISBN 1417947837
-Digvijay
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Hello Captain,
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. He was not in Bihar.
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.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
E. A. Wallis Badge, ''Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great'', Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company ISBN 1417947837
-Digvijay