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.
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Alexander and Porus by Lebrun (detail)
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Illustrated folio; Alexander the Great unhorses Porus. La Vraye Histoire du Bon Roy Alixandre (The Alexander Romance in Old French prose). France; early 15th century._France%3B_early_15th_century.jpg?width=1200)
Illustrated folio; Battle of Alexander the Great and Porus. La Vraye Histoire du Bon Roy Alixandre (The Alexander Romance in Old French prose). France; early 15th century
L'Eléphant de Porus par Victor AdamPoliticians born in the 400s BC 6
About this person
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.
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