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Option 4 : Alexander and Porus
The correct answer is Alexander and Porus.
- In 326 BC, Alexander the Great faced King Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes, also known as the Battle of Jhelum.
- It took place on the banks of the Jhelum River (called as Hydaspes by the ancient Greeks) in the Punjab area of India (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan).
- The conflict ended with a Greek triumph and Porus' capitulation.
- Large swaths of Punjab were integrated into the Alexandrian Empire, and Alexander reinstalled the vanquished and dethroned Porus as a subordinate ruler.
- One of Alexander's "masterpieces" was his choice to cross the monsoon-swollen river despite intense Indian monitoring in order to catch Porus' army off-guard.
- Alexander III of Macedon, also known as Alexander the Great, was the monarch of Macedon in ancient Greece.
- At the age of 20, he succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC and spent the majority of his reign executing a lengthy military campaign across Western Asia and Northeastern Africa.
- He had built one of the biggest empires in history by the age of thirty, ranging from Greece to northeastern India.
- Porus was an ancient Indian king whose kingdom stretched between the Hydaspes (Jhelum River) and the Acesines (Chenab River) in the Punjab area of India.
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