Who is king porus?

The kingdom of Raja Purves or Raja Porus stretched from the Jhelum in Punjab to the Chenab River. It was the capital around present-day Lahore.

Raja Porus (also Raja Puru) was the ruler of the Powa dynasty. Their empire extended to the Jhelum and Chenab rivers in Punjab (Hyidspas and Asisnus in Greek) and the colony Hypnosis.

 

The story of King Porus and Alexander is very famous, which is remembered not only in historical accounts but also on the people's tongue. In Greek history, not only is Alexander's bravery praised, but Porus is also honored.

 

Come, let us introduce you to the biography of that great King Porus.
King Porus was the king of Pauravo, whose empire was spread between the Jhelum and the Chenab Rivers. The origin of Paurava is believed to be of the Mahabharata period. The king who descended from the Chandra dynasty was called Chandravanshi.

 

A king named Yayati was a similar Chandravanshi king with two sons Puru and Yadu. The descendants of Puru are called Pauravas, and the descendants of Yadu are called Yadavas. Hence King Porus was a Chandravanshi king who was a descendant of Yayati.

 

Being a moon dynasty, his might and strength were unimaginable. The Kauravas were the rulers who defeated the Persian kings Darius and the Jerkese in the war. Cyrus the Great was killed while fighting with Indian warriors in these wars.

 

Alexander's strategy and Porus's bravery during World War
Alexander knew that defeating a mighty king like Porus is not so easy. So he acted cleverly.

 

He raised his army on the river Jhelum banks and started pretending as if they were looking for a way to cross the river. After several days passed, the guards of Porus became less alert. Meanwhile, Alexander crossed the river with thousands of soldiers and horse riders about 17 miles upstream.

 

The army of Porus still believed that Alexander was looking to cross the river, while Alexander had reached near him from another. Porus' army was horrified by the sudden attack but still fought hard.

Due to the rain, the Porus's chariots were not able to move quickly on the mud land and were getting trapped in the mud. But the elephants in the army of Porus released Alexander's army's sweat and allowed supporting Porus's military. But meanwhile, Alexander's commanders pretending to be waiting on the other side of the river also crossed the river and attacked.

 

Sindhu and Jhelum

 It wasn't easy to set foot in the kingdom of Porus without crossing the Indus and Jhelum. King Porus was well aware of his region's natural condition, the geography, and the nature of the Jhelum River. Maharaja Porus was the owner of a vast tract, including Sindh-Punjab.

Puru did not try to find out what the secret of the power of the Yavana army is? The main force of the Yavana army was its fast cavalry and agile archers riding horses.
Historians believe that Puru had faith in his courage and armies, but that did not stop Alexander from crossing the Jhelum River, and that was his mistake.

 

But historians do not know that Alexander was badly trapped after crossing the river Jhelum because the river was flooded after crossing the river.

When Alexander attacked, he was welcomed by Ambhi, the king of Gandhara-Taxila, and Ambi secretly assisted Alexander. Ambi King considered Porus, his enemy. Alexander sent a message to Porus, in which he wrote to Porus surrendering to Alexander, but Porus then did not accept Alexander's subjection.

 

The background

The only information available on Porus is from Greek sources. However, historians have argued that Porus was likely to be a descendant of the Puru tribe mentioned in the Rigveda, based on his name and location of his domain. Historian Ishwari Prasad said that Porus could have been Yaduvanshi Shoreseni.

 

He argued that Porus's troops from Porus saw a banner of Herakles by Megasthanis, identified with the Shorasanis of Mathura by Chandragupta on a visit to India after Porus. Some scholars have identified Megasthanis and Herakles of Arrian as Krishna and others as his elder brother Baldev, who was both the ancestor and patron deity of Shoresenis.

 

Ishii Prasad and others, following his leadership, found more support for this conclusion because a part of the Shoresenis migrated west from Punjab and modern Afghanistan to Mathura and Dwarka after Krishna's demise, and there were new States were established.

 

The death

If we consider Porus as King Parvatak, then he died by poison. And some historians state that Eudomos, a general of Alexander's generals, slaughtered King Porus in 321 BCE to 315 BCE. Apart from this, there is an argument that Porus was killed by Acharya Chanakya, close to Chandragupta Maurya.

So that it could not become a hindrance in their conquest, even though the life context of a great warrior named Porus is full of doubt and mystery, no one can doubt his courage.
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