My Malice and Bias

  King Porus of Punjab A great battle took place in 326 BC at the banks of river Jhelum in West Punjab between Alexander , the greek-macedonian king and Porus , the king of Punjab. This battle halted the eastward advance of the Greek-Macedinian army and eventually led to the downfall of the Alexander's empire. So devastating was the psychological impact of this battle that the greek soldiers refused to fight and demanded to go back home. Alexander had ambitious goal of conquering India, but the battle against Porus curbed his aspirations and he retured back to Persia a dejected man. Alexander's Invasion of India Alexander crossed Hindukush mountains via the Khyber Pass in 327 BC after defeating the Indo-Persian satrapy of Gandhara . Next was the great kingdom of Taxila . Its King Ambhi submitted without offering any resistance to Alexander. Next target for Alexander was King Abhisares , the king of Abhira including the region of Jammu and Kashmir. Abhisares also sent his ambas...

Alexander on Death Bed The story of Alexander the Great ’s triumphant march into India, suddenly giving up at the urging of his soldiers who were tired after years of fighting and who wanted to return to their loved ones in Persia. The Greek odyssey down the Indus, ended with Alexander sustaining a deadly wound; and, finally splitting his army in two so that they would have a better chance of escaping Pentopotamia (Punjab); returning with a fraction of his army to the seat of his empire in Persepolis and his death from his wounds; all based on Greek legends, with no documentation, just a myth. So did Alexander really venture successfully into India and turn back at the urging of his men? Or was it all a spin? So what exactly happened to Alexander in India? The Greek Version Alexander crosses the Indus into the Punjab and somewhere near modern-day Bhera town in Sargodha district of Punjab, now in Pakistan, he faced the army of Porus , the Kshatriya king of West Punjab. The Gre...

Alexander III of Macedon (20 July 356 BC – 10 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas Koine Greek , was a king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He launched unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and created one of the largest empires of the ancient world by the age of thirty, stretching from Greece to Northwestern India. It is claimed that he was undefeated in battles and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders. I intend to challenge that notion with this blog and make a case that Alexander was defeated in Punjab in 326 BC and escaped India badly bruised and in disarray. Alexander the Macedonian Conquest of Persia Persia was a powerful empire that had attacked Greece multiple times. Alexander broke the power of Persia in the decisive battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew Persian King Darius III and conquered the A...