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Did Alexander and Porus born on the same day?
In the serial Porus aired on Sony TV, we have an interesting sequence where it is shown that two great personalities are soon going to take birth in two different places.
When was Porus born?
Punjab
Porus/Born
Was Porus really defeated by Alexander?
This battle was Alexander’s 4th and last campaign of conquest in Asia. Complete answer: Alexander the Great defeated Porus in the year 326 BC. King Porus of Paurava blocked his advances on the Hydaspes River (Jhelum in Punjab, present-day).
Is Porus a real story?
Porus, (flourished 4th century bce), Indian prince who ruled the region between the Hydaspes (Jhelum) and Acesines (Chenab) rivers at the time of Alexander the Great’s invasion (327–326 bce) of the Punjab. Unlike his neighbour, Ambhi, the king of Taxila (Takshashila), Porus resisted Alexander.
Where did King Porus born?
Porus/Place of birth
How did Porus died?
However, there is little evidence in support: Parishishtaparvan assigns him the territory of Himavatkuta while Greek sources have Porus rule in the present-day Punjab region, and Mudrarakshasa attributes his death to poisoning planned by Chanakya while Greek sources state that Porus was killed by Eudemus (or Alexander.
When was Alexander the Great born?
July 356 BC
Alexander the Great/Date of birth
Did Porus really lose?
No Alexander didn’t defeat Porus. Since both Alexander and King Poru were alive after war, best way to find out who won is to find who was denied the motive of the war. As King Poru stopped the conquest of Alexander further into India, He emerged as clear winner from this war.
Is Sikander and Alexander same?
Explanation: Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Greek emperor Alexander the Great conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar, meaning “defender” or “warrior”.
Was Porus murdered?
Porus/Died
How did Alexander the Great conquer Porus?
Alexander conquered Porus’s kingdom and continued further into India. While Alexander fought Porus on the banks of the Hydaspes River in around May 326 BC, his soldiers mutinied on the banks of the Hyphasis River in around July or August 326 BC—after they had already marched all the way through Porus’s kingdom.
We have no idea when was Porus born but historical records show that Alexander was born on either 20 th or 21 st July 356 BC. Now that often July coincides with the Hindu month of Shravan, the writers of the serial smartly conceptualized the birth of Porus on the same day as that of Alexander the Great.
We have no idea when was Porus born but historical records show that Alexander was born on either 20th or 21st July 356 BC.
Did King Porus really win the Battle of the Hydaspes?
Furthermore, King Porus was still alive at the time when Alexander was minting his victory coins. If, as Indian and Pakistani nationalists claim, he really won the Battle of the Hydaspes and was still ruling his kingdom at this time, he presumably would have been pretty annoyed by Alexander claiming that he had won.