Alexander the Great: Battle of the Hydaspes 326 BC

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[melodicnostalgic]

"As for the Macedonians, However, their struggle with Porus blunted their courage and stayed their further advance into India. For having had all they could do to repulse an enemy who mustered only 20, 000 Infantry and 2000 Horse, they violently opposed Alexander when he insisted on crossing the river Ganges also, the width of which, as they learned, was 32 Furlongs, its depth a 100 Fathoms, while its banks on the further side were covered with multitudes of Men-at-arms and Horsemen and Elephants.

For they were told that the Indian Kings of the Ganderites (Gangas) and Praesii (Prachi) were awaiting them with 80, 000 Horsemen, 200, 000 Footmen, 8000 Chariots, and 6000 Armored elephants."

— Plutarch, Greek Historian

[soumyajitsanyal]

i wish people would make movies about the ancient battles. whenever they do it's all drama and negligible tactics and manoeuvres. Directors need to stop focusing on human suffering and start focusing on human intellect.

[addochandra]

You forgot to mention that Alexander's horse, buchepalus, died in the battle. So, to honor the service of buchepalus, he named one city after his horse, Buchepalia. #CMIIW #SFMBE...

[richard_nj]

I believe this campaign under those circumstances is an even greater logistical accomplishment than it is a purely military/battle-strategically one. Keeping tens of thousands of soldiers fed and equipped for years in foreign territories which were so incredibly diverse is astonishing

[Jattmafia]

Damn Porus had balls of steel. Not only was Alexander this legendary figure who had conquered the world at this point, he outnumbered Porus 2:1. Yet Porus decided to fight him anyway. No wonder Alexander was so impressed by him.

[deansnipah]

What ALWAYS mind boggles me is that all these battles occured with no GPS, no satellites, no radios etc and how the hell were all these kings and generals and what not able to strategize and/or communicate during the frantic ordeal of head on head fighting. Its truly fascinating.

[mihajlox]

*Spoiler alert*

Wow, RIP Parmenion. After all they went through, I didn't expect it to end like that. He really was driven to insanity by his will to conquer and dominate.

[ShivamSingh-kbff]

" Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter"...

[karryken]

Alexander’s words to his mother after his war with the Indian king.
“I am involved in the land of “leonine” (lion-like) and brave people where every foot of the ground is like wall of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one Alexander into the world, But every mother in this land has brought an Alexander into this world”.

[Dartanius]

"GG." - Alexander the Great, 326 BC.

[privatebandana]

To all the indians in here recently, we get it that you want to be patriots and defend your country because you watched a 5 minute video done by some random guy "debunking" ancient history. But realize several things:
1. This was recorded by indian writers/philosophers aswell.
2. "If Alexander won, why didn't he keep on going?" Putting his famous speech aside (which you should know about already), he didn't just "go back".. he went south, conquering more cities before finally returning west. So if he had lost this battle, how come the indians let him "ransack" 600 miles of their territory? If he had lost his army, it would have been pretty damn depleted and fairly routed, right? Pretty hard to conquer several cities with a routed and damaged army.
3. By denying this battle, just know that you're denying indian history aswell. Chandragupta based his military reforms partially on what happened in this battle, which led to him managing to build and keep his own empire (Maurya Empire). This was recording by Chanakya, Chandragupta's chief advisor.

You can't really call yourself patriots if you're denying your own history because you're too afraid to embrace a defeat that happened thousands of years ago.

[masterm]

Really love your content dude, you and Historia Civilis deserve more attention.

[KiLLkInGLiOn]

11:12 - "GG" - Alexander the great keyboard warrior.

[kevinnorwood]

Something you forgot to mention about Alexander's crossing of the Hydaspes River was that was the spot where Alexander made one of the very few tactical errors of his career. When he sent scouting parties and swimmers into the river, he, unfortunately, didn't send them all the way across. He saw an island in the river, and he saw what he THOUGHT was the opposite bank of the mainland behind that island. Turns out, that was NOT the opposite bank, but a SECOND, smaller island in the middle of the river!!!! Finally, with dawn rapidly approaching, Alexander's forces found an area they could cross where the water was CHEST-DEEP, so they were absolutely exhausted by the time they finally crossed the river!

[badlav]

It's India man filled with numerous warriors tales and they are still unknown to these world.

[CaptainHaddocck]

The battle of Hydaspes wasn't the first time the greeks fought elephants.

[ThePilotever]

I'd be pretty upset too if I couldn't go home after winning for five years

[jaredlebin]

"The Macedonians will never be able to cross the river"


Steve Harvey, 300BC

[chadworld]

Porus (Purushotama) was legendary ! Even after betrayed by other king who sided with Alexander he decided to go solo, and won the battle ! Remember : Porus was small King and decided to take on Alexander who almost swept Europe, Iran. Porus inflicted so much damage on Alexander that he couldn't reach to his home and died midway !!!

[NationalPat]

This is probably the best war history channel out there. Entertaining, interesting, specific. You sir, know your stuff. Thumbs up!!!!