Rest of the chronicle supported by the history books is well written by Salman Rashid Sahib. The point about Punjabis being proud of Provous was also taken up by Abysses in his book Indus Saga by Ahtazaz.īeing resident of Mong, I can testify that the Interlocution between the two commanders of battle at Mong and surroundings is well memorized by all residents of Mong as will bear out my village mate SAJ Shirazi. Saima, there's this word called sarcasm, hain? Sarcasm! The way you dig out the history, I am jealous of you:)ĭekha? he says ''good Qureshi''. But we today in a Muslim majority country look at him with our religion-tinted glasses. Raja Paurava could have been Hindu or Buddhist. Nayyar, religion has always been a part of man's psyche. the piece appeared in Herald (May 1999) and is part of my anthology Sea Monsters and the sun God.
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You sure know how to use anecdotes, history and scenes in your stories. A befitting eulogy for a brave king of the punjabis Only the pen and love of Salman Rashid could draft such a moving piece. I hope if people know, they will decide on merit. I would say this is due to lack of knowledge. And no religion advocates distortion of the facts. It was very gratifying.īut there was no religion then. I tell you, I am witness to the change that came thereafter. That is why Raja Paurava was a villain until my documentary went on air. The trouble is we look at our ancient history with the eye glasses of religion. And on merit he stands much taller than Alexander. We are biased against Raja Porus for no reasons. So Porus also the protector of Indian Continent from the foreign rulers in those days.Labels: Alexander, History, Punjab, Raja Paurava So Alexander left hope of conquering India. The famous Historians thought that when Alexander struggled to defeat a small king Porus, how could it possible to him to fight against the mighty rulers of Maghada, Dhana Nanda, who was about 100 times powerful than Porus. So he ordered his generals to sent back his army to Greek. The Hydaspes battle made fear of defeat, in the thoughts of Alexander. The warrior skills of Porus made Alexander very impressed gave back his kingdom with some Novelties. However, the modern way battle techniques of Greek army success to defeat Porus army. After the battle, Alexander felt astonished at the war skills and dare of the King Porus army. During the battle of Hydaspes, the Porus army fought against the Greek army with utmost dare and came close to the victory. In 326 BC, the fierce battle was fought between Alexander the Great and King Porus, on the banks of the Jhelem River, at present the site is in Mong, Punjab, in the part of Pakistan. The details of the Hydaspes Battle also known to us by the Greek historians. The King Porus was assassinated sometime between 321 and 315 BC by Eudemus, one of the greatest generals of Alexander. His war skills made Alexander amused and retried the Kingdom back to Porus and treated him as a friend. The Historians wrote about Porus as a great warrior king and defy the Alexander the Great with out any fear. King Porus history was known to us from Greek Historians. However, his son name also Porus.Īlso Read: Bimbisara Life History, Achievements and Facts Even Alexander had also made difficulty to defeat Porus. He made the army most powerful with war skills. He was a legendary warrior and more war skills. Porus ruled the Punjab region and expanded his kingdom between the Jhelum River and Chenab River in the Indian Subcontinent. He belonged to PURU tribe mentioned in RIG VEDA, the Ancient books of India. King Porus was a famous Indian king, his real name was Purushotama.