Elephants of Porus trampled his own army, the solders, cavalry and chariots were run over and the handsome Raja was captured, his Elephants proved disastrous. One night when lightening flashed and thunder crashed it scared the elephants, at this moment Alexander attached. He kept trying and waited for the opportune moment. When the Elephants trumpeted, Alexander’s horses and soldiers were terrified and ran away.

Alexander wanted to cross the river and capture the territory while Porus desired to defend his state and prolong his rule. The Raja positioned 30,000 infantry solders, 4000 cavalry, 300 war chariots and 200 war elephants across the banks of the river. After taking over Ambh State the advancing troops of Alexander the Great were stopped on the banks of River Jhelum in June 326 BC. During his speech in the joint session of the parliament Comrade Aitzaz Ahsan talked about the Elephants of Raja Porus. The way Alexander showed friendliness towards Porus disappointed Ambhi to a very great extent.In order to advance, both individuals and nations must learn from history but unfortunately they don’t know that power and prestige leads to blindness which then leads to failure. The situation post Hydaspes Battle- The strength of character and attuned senses of war skills of Porus captured Alexander’ eye, which allowed him to rule Hydaspes in Alexander 's name. It was a declaration of war the Macedonian king from his side.ĥ. While few against did go, one king stayed away: Porus, who was not going to follow Ambhi’s footsteps. Porus challenging Alexander for a war- After enjoying Ambhi’s hospitality, Alexander sent a word out to the neighbouring kings to meet him and pay him a tribute. After making sure that Ambhi, through his lavish demonstration of hospitality had won over the trust of Alexander, he used the alliance between them as a tool to conquer King Porus’s territory also provided with a force of 5000 men as support for the war.Ĥ. This was a very first step taken by Ambhi towards forming an alliance and also towards getting revenge against King Porus. Ambhi had knowledge of this fact that his father King Gandharaj will never permit him to form an alliance with a foreign King hence, Ambhi killed his father while he was asleep and ascended the throne of Gandhar. Though as a prince he had no authority to do so without King Gandharaj’s permission.

An alliance with Alexander would in return save his territory and also help him acquire Porus’s territory i.e Kaikay, after Alexander defeats King Porus.

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