# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/porus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:13:09.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/porus"
name: "Porus"
slug: "porus"
description: "An ancient Indian king who held the land between two rivers in the Punjab, fought Alexander the Great to a standstill in 326 BC, and walked away with his crown — and more territory than he started with."
tagline: "Ancient Indian king"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porus_alexander_coin.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-400"
deathDate: "-316"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.45881886249814
  historical:           22.831924
  currentAttention:     26.84
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Póros"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poros_(K%C3%B6nig)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Poros (kuningas)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poros_(roi)"
    title: "Poros (roi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಪೋರಸ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Porus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الملك بورس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Porus ruled the region between the Vitasta and Asikni rivers in what is now Punjab. Greek sources describe him as a warrior of exceptional skill. In 326 BC he met Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Hydaspes. The outcome was unusual: rather than being deposed, Porus kept his kingship. Alexander reinstated him as satrap and expanded his domain south-east to the Hyphasis River. He died sometime between 321 and 315 BC, remembered in Greek accounts as the opponent who earned terms instead of subjugation.