The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against Rajput King Porus of the Hindu Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab near Bhera, in what is now Pakistan. This battle is considered as Alexanders most costly by many historians, Peter Connolly notable amongst them.The battle resulted in a complete Macedonian victory and the annexation of the Punjab, which lay beyond the confines of the defeated Persian empire, into the Alexandrian Empire. Alexanders decision to cross the monsoon-swollen river despite close Indian surveillance, in order to catch Porus army in the flank, has been referred as one of his masterpieces.[16] Although victorious, it was also the most costly battle fought by the Macedonians.[17] The resistance put up by King Porus and his men won the respect of Alexander, who asked Porus to become a Macedonian satrap. The battle is historically significant for opening up India to Greek political (Seleucid, Greco-bactrian Indo-Greek) and cultural influences (Greco-Buddhist art), which continued to have an impact for many centuries. hn bhai arain bhaiu ub btao k alexander the fret ne ye alfaz ks k liey kahy thy had ha yr
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