Porus
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Oct 31, 2026
Eruch JessawalaGUEST
of Alexander the Great who came and invaded? And who was at the time? Who was the king at the time?
speaker_2GUEST
Parashu.
speaker_2GUEST
Huh? Parashu.
speaker_2GUEST
And his wife? Puru.
speaker_2GUEST
Puru was the king.
speaker_2GUEST
And? Wife's name I don't remember.
speaker_2GUEST
Parashpa.
speaker_2GUEST
Yes.
speaker_2NARRATOR
And the proof that these were the impelling motives is that he did that which resulted in fame.
speaker_2NARRATOR
What pedagogue has not demonstrated of Alexander the Great, of Julius Caesar, that they were instigated by such passions, and were consequently immoral men? Whence the conclusion immediately follows that he, the pedagogue, is a better man than they, because he has not such passions, a proof of which lies in the fact that he does not conquer Asia, vanquish Darius and Porus.
speaker_2NARRATOR
but while he enjoys life himself, lets others enjoy it too.
speaker_2NARRATOR
These psychologists are particularly fond of contemplating those peculiarities of great historical figures which appertain to them as private persons.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
Then when the enemy were at last tricked into relaxing their watch on the roads in front of the Roman advance, he made a sudden dash and effected a crossing.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
When Porus, a king of the Indians, was keeping Alexander of Macedon from leading his troops across the river Hydaspes, the latter commanded his men to make a practice of running toward the water.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
When by that sort of maneuver he had led Porus to guard the opposite bank, he suddenly led his army across at a higher point of the stream.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
The same Alexander, prevented by the enemy from crossing the river Indus, began to send horsemen into the water at different points and to threaten to effect a crossing.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
Then, when he had the barbarians keyed up with expectation, he seized an island a little farther off, at first with a small force, then with a larger one, and from there sent troops to the further bank.
speaker_4NARRATOR
And the proof that these were the impelling motives is that he did that which resulted in fame.
speaker_4NARRATOR
What pedagogue has not demonstrated of Alexander the Great, of Julius Caesar, that they were instigated by such passions, and were consequently immoral men? Whence the conclusion immediately follows that he, the pedagogue, is a better man than they, because he has not such passions, a proof of which lies in the fact that he does not conquer Asia, vanquish Darius and Porus.
speaker_4NARRATOR
but while he enjoys life himself, lets others enjoy it too.
speaker_4NARRATOR
These psychologists are particularly fond of contemplating those peculiarities of great historical figures which appertain to them as private persons.
Mohamed HassanHOST
If you went to school in a Western country, I'm willing to bet you were taught about Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Marco Polo, Pythagoras, and Plato, titans of history who shaped the world in their image.
Mohamed HassanHOST
But were you taught about Porus, king of the Punjab, who fought off Alexander the Great on the back of elephants and lost, but Alexander was so enchanted by his bravery, he reinstated him as his deputy, depicting their historic clash on the back of ancient Greek coins? Or Ashoka the Great, who spread Buddhism across the world and grieved for those he conquered.
Mohamed HassanHOST
Or the mathematician and astronomer who invented the concept of zero, paving the way for every technological advancement that followed.
Mohamed HassanHOST
If you haven't, then ask yourself why not? What would happen if we understood the role India played not only in commerce, but philosophy, art, food, and mathematics? How would that change not only the way that we view the ancient world, but the way that we see our world today? My name is Mohamed Hassan, and this is Deja Vu.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
Then when the enemy were at last tricked into relaxing their watch on the roads in front of the Roman advance, he made a sudden dash and effected a crossing.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
When Porus, a king of the Indians, was keeping Alexander of Macedon from leading his troops across the river Hydaspes, the latter commanded his men to make a practice of running toward the water.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
When by that sort of maneuver he had led Porus to guard the opposite bank, he suddenly led his army across at a higher point of the stream.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
The same Alexander, prevented by the enemy from crossing the river Indus, began to send horsemen into the water at different points and to threaten to effect a crossing.
Kristen HandNARRATOR
Then when he had the barbarians keyed up with expectation, he seized an island a little farther off, at first with a small force, then with a larger one, and from there sent troops to the further bank.
Roland RamblerHOST
At the banks of the Jhelum River, known to the Greeks as the Hydaspes, the exhausted army faced a completely new kind of warfare.
Roland RamblerHOST
King Porus, a formidable local ruler, awaited them with a massive army and a terrifying line of heavily armored war elephants.
Roland RamblerHOST
The Battle of the Hydaspes was a brutal, chaotic, and incredibly costly engagement fought in the pouring rain.
Roland RamblerHOST
The Macedonian horses were terrified by the sights, sounds, and smells of the elephants, forcing the infantry into a horrific close-quarters meat grinder.
MichalisHOST
Bye bye.
MichalisHOST
We left Porus last time facing a huge dilemma.
MichalisHOST
He had Macedonians everywhere ready to attack him.
MichalisHOST
The river's width was of great assistance to him.
MichalisHOST
We can't be certain of its exact dimensions, but it was probably around 1500 meters wide, so about a mile, some saying it may have been wider.
MichalisHOST
Porus only had one option when it came to his defensive move.
MichalisHOST
He would have to take a decent-sized force of men, nothing too crazy, and attack the Greeks when they began their initial work on constructing the bridge.
MichalisHOST
Alexander understood this, because he was a sick guy, so he took 16,000 men, which included three companion cavalry divisions, commanded by Hephaestion, Perdicas, and Dimitrios.
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