Instead we are going to examine James Tod's theory about Porus' lineal ancestry, a theory he developed with a very strong textual grounding in his monumental work Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. Pritam Saini's conclusion that Raja Porus was most likely a Saini carries a force which would be hard to resist for any serious scholar of Punjabi history, but here we are going to make an exception, and for the rest of this article we are going to completely ignore him and what he said on the subject.Īs per the editorial policy of this journal, quoting and citing of academics from within the community is generally eschewed, lest an unfair accusation of conflict of interest be brought up by any paranoid detractor. Pritam Saini's works would not need a reminder that he did not have the habit of being fast and loose with his academic opinions, especially to pander to any interest group's vanity. Pritam Saini, an eminent historian and literary critic of Punjab, a research fellow at Punjabi university, Patiala, a notable journalist and a life long member of prestigious academic bodies like Punjab History Conference and Indian History Congress, had concluded that Raja Porus was a Saini and was in the line of Maharaja Shoor Sen and Krishna-Balram Yadava warrior duo. We back up this claim with a solid textual theory developed by Colonel James Tod, which well accepted within the academy. In this article we make a well- corroborated claim that Raja Porus was a Saini. ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN, James Tod, Vol. 279) suggests Cleisbora is Krisnhapura, ' city of Krishna'." ".This Herakles is held in special honour by the Sourasenoi, an Indian tribe, who possess two large cities, Methora and Cleisobora" Arrian, Indika, viii, Methora is Mathura Growse (Mathura, 3rd ed. Megasthenes described this tribe as Sourasenoi and their patron deity and ancestor as Herakles: So Porus also the protector of Indian Continent from the foreign rulers in those days.Ancient Greek traveller and ambassdor to India, Megasthenes, came across Saini clan in its glory days as the ruling tribe with its capital in Mathura. So Alexander left hope of conquering India. The famous Historians thought that when Alexander struggled to defeat a small king Porus, how could it possible to him to fight against the mighty rulers of Maghada, Dhana Nanda, who was about 100 times powerful than Porus. So he ordered his generals to sent back his army to Greek. The Hydaspes battle made fear of defeat, in the thoughts of Alexander.
The warrior skills of Porus made Alexander very impressed gave back his kingdom with some Novelties.
However, the modern way battle techniques of Greek army success to defeat Porus army. After the battle, Alexander felt astonished at the war skills and dare of the King Porus army. During the battle of Hydaspes, the Porus army fought against the Greek army with utmost dare and came close to the victory. In 326 BC, the fierce battle was fought between Alexander the Great and King Porus, on the banks of the Jhelem River, at present the site is in Mong, Punjab, in the part of Pakistan. The details of the Hydaspes Battle also known to us by the Greek historians. The King Porus was assassinated sometime between 321 and 315 BC by Eudemus, one of the greatest generals of Alexander. His war skills made Alexander amused and retried the Kingdom back to Porus and treated him as a friend. The Historians wrote about Porus as a great warrior king and defy the Alexander the Great with out any fear. King Porus history was known to us from Greek Historians.
However, his son name also Porus.Īlso Read: Bimbisara Life History, Achievements and Facts Even Alexander had also made difficulty to defeat Porus. He made the army most powerful with war skills. He was a legendary warrior and more war skills. Porus ruled the Punjab region and expanded his kingdom between the Jhelum River and Chenab River in the Indian Subcontinent. He belonged to PURU tribe mentioned in RIG VEDA, the Ancient books of India. King Porus was a famous Indian king, his real name was Purushotama.