Why Did Alexander The Great Run Away From India?

Alexander the Great, was a military genius who conquered most of the world during his time. However, western historians have distorted this information to make him appear more impressive than he was. Alexander’s last campaign – In India – is shrouded in myth. What really happened?

[AtharvVarshney]

I don't know why we study akhbar, and other Mughal when we have such rich history. King purushottam(porus) and the mauryas were the greatest kingdoms in india of all times. NCERTs do not teach such rich and prosperous history. This should definitely be changed.

[justtzortz]

here in greece we love and respect india for its great culture and history. greetings my indian brothers

[aroravinay]

As per i know about history
Porus actual name was
King Purushotam from Puru clan
And yes their elephants were not less than big weapons they were trained to kill their enemies with their strong trunks which are covered by spiked shields

[professorchronicler]

As a student I want to know more about ancient and Vedic India . So, it would be nice if you could share more information on other social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook.

[doggos]

Porus was not a powerful king but A King of a small Tribe in the borders of India who defeated Alexander.

[Vikas-ufql]

I hate how Greece historians completely changed the history..
Alexander was very ruthless, king he Never leave his enemies alive..
This show Porus The Great defeated Alexander..

[aritradutt]

I always had the same question in mind while I studied history in school. This seems a fairly reasonable explanation. Returning defeated enemy’s kingdom is probably the shittiest story.

[soumyadipbanerjee]

Alexander feared the mighty huge elephant cavalry of Gangaridai emperors ie the Nanda emperors. He already fought Porus and severed some loss due to Porus's elephant cavalry. While Porus's cavalry wasn't so big as of Gangaridai. He knew if he dares to enter the area near Ganga Rarh he and his army would be crushed by Gangaridai emperor and their elephants

[nermainmerl]

Why would they say that Alexander died from illness and not from a wound in battle? It was his dream to die in battle, he was always on the frontlines.
Greek impact in India lasted until the 1500s AD.
Alexander pulled back because his army mutinied. No one would follow him further.
They started under the premise of revenging Persia for the attack on Greece and liberating Greeks who in their eyes were ruled by barbarians.
In fact, when Alexander talked with Anaxarchus, he told him that there are infinite worlds and he wept because he was not yet a ruler of one.

Maybe in his eyes, Persia had conquered the world but when he conquered Persia he discovered that there are so many territories yet to conquer. But his army? What did they get from following him thus far?

Finally, there were many celebrations after winning a battle and capturing a city, I don't understand where you came up with that they didn't.
Persepolis was literally sacked after weeks or months after capturing it during a celebration, where his soldiers got too drunk and started looting.

[vp]

The crazy part is that Takshashila (one of the largest universities in the world at that time) was so close to all of these battles but no one really wrote about this big event in Indian History. It could have been destroyed by the Mughal invaders but there were not even copies. The great Chanakya from Takshashila was the only one that wrote about Alexander. Also, there is not much clarity from the Greece side either of what happened. It's just the western world that started pushing the idea of Alex defeating Porus just like they did with the Indus migration theory. There is no firm answer to what happened. Most Greece historians believe that Alexander lost to porus, most Indians believe Porus lost to alexander but he was allowed to rule his kingdom because alexander was impressed by his bravery. Some theories also say it was Chanakya and Chandragupta who had something with Alexander getting sick. I mean it was Chankaya's purpose to stop Alexander which led to Chanakya being insulted in patliputra and him vowing to create a united India.

[riichobamin]

He didn't run away. His supply lines were stretched quite thin and his soldiers were home sick.

[whydama]

Two points:
Philip II is to be read as Philip the second not Philip two
Alexander's invasion led to the establishment of Bactrian Greek state, this had a huge impact on India during late Antiquity

[PastaGuns]

Don't let this get copyrighted or taken down by Youtube, you're doing great work and btw, at that time there was no India, it was Akhand Bharat.

[skfamemonster]

Also I want to add :
The battle started with the War Cry:-
Alexander ( sikandar) = In The Name Of Zeus ATTACK!
PORUS ( Raja Purushottam) :- HAR HAR MAHADEV!! 🔱
Then the battle began!
It was 8 hour battle fought between them and during the battle it was also raining.And alaxander lost. Also go search about Nanda, maurya and chola empire. 💪🔱 Our history was so Rich with brave Warriors!!

[xristospapasotiriou]

Poros and his Indian army was a brave and noble opponent for the Greeks, as it immediately comes from the historic sources and in any possible detail you can imagine, mainly from the book " ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑΝΑΒΑΣΙΣ" of Arrianos the historian.

[Sunny-]

I remember reading somewhere that Gen. Zhokov, a Soviet general said that the description of Alexander's army's return from India matches that of a retreating army. Question: why would a victorious army retreat? Zhukov ends his statement by saying that he knew what a retreating army looked like. Apparently as a young officer he was part of the Soviet regiment that chased the Nazi army back to Berlin.

[DevaEkoNaaraayanah]

Jo Jeetaa Vahi Sikander Nahi
JO jeetaa Vahi "Porus" !

[MusikMyTaverna]

We Greeks don't really care about the "India campaign" to be honest...We are proud of him because of the defeat of the enemy named Persia which gave us freedom...

[souravsantra]

Old greek historians mentioned the name of gangaridai Dynasty of

[silencemeviolateme]

He didn't run away from India. He conquered the western bank of the Indus and set up a vassal state in land on the eastern bank.