Persian Mardian Archers, Allied Cavalry, Bactrian auxillairies, and other troops from Persia made up a large portion of his army. Porus' army outnumbered Alexander's army four-to-one, and the two armies met on the Hydaspes River, the westernmost border of Paurava.Īlexander the Great's army of 13,000 troops included not only Macedonian troops from home, but it also included his new subjects.
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King Porus' army counted 50,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry, and 1,000 chariots, in addition to 85 fearsome Indian war elephants.
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The Macedonian army crossed the Indus River into the Punjab, and Alexander captured the cities of Taxila and Aornos from the Indians, and allied with the Taxiles.Īlexander had little resistance as he advanced into the Punjab, but King Porus of Paurava gathered an army of 55,000 troops. With all of the dissenters dead, Alexander the Great continued on eastward. He had each of his soldiers receive a Persian wife, and he murdered his general Parmenion after his son was accused of treason. Soon, dissent spread through his ranks, forcing him to stop at various points and turn in various directions before ultimately continuing east. Now that Persia was in his hands, Alexander was able to continue eastwards. The Persian Empire was now a part of Macedon, and there was nobody left to fight him. With little resistance, Alexander reached the Sogdian Rock and took over all of Bactria. Alexander used this route, and he defeated the Persian army with a flanking attack.
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His forces were held back, but a local shepherd showed him a way around the Persians. Alexander the Great proceeded to subdue any remaining resistance to his conquest of the Persian Empire, and found another Persian army at the Persian Gates. Following the Battle of Gaugamela, King Darius III of Persia fled to Ecbatana and then to Bactria, where he was killed by his own rebellious generals.