Tapestry depicting Porus’s battle against Alexander’s army ... Since he controlled the route to India, from whence all war elephants came, he could prevent his enemies from amassing their ...

Marshal Gregory Zhukov, the legendary Russian commander, said the Macedonians had suffered a catastrophic defeat in India. In the final part of this analysis, fact and fiction are separated.

This began to change as Alexander marched into India and clashed with the elephant-equipped forces of King Porus of Paruava. Here Alexander saw what fully-trained war elephants could do in combat.

Alexander had learned from King Porus during his 326 B.C. Indian campaign ... In 280 B.C., the Romans first encountered war elephants, brought to Italy by Greek King Pyrrhus.

Porus is described in Greek accounts ... 80,000 cavalry, 8000 war chariots and 6000 fighting elephants”. Undoubtedly, Alexander’s army would have walked into a slaughterhouse.

In the latest episode of Porus, an army is seen making fun of Alexander and they ask him to go away. Alexander asks his men to overcome their fear which will help them win any battle. With his ...

what did you say... Porus' elephants?” “These beasts trampled their own infantry when they turned tail and ran for dear life on hearing the sound of Alexander's cannons.” “So what happened ...