Why Did Alexander The Great Run Away From India? 

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.

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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!!

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.

Old greek historians mentioned the name of gangaridai Dynasty of Bengal.....

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.

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

Alexander the Great did not run away from India. On the contrary he established the hellenic kingdom of Bactria in Northwestern India. His indian campaign was absolutely victorious despite the exhaustion of the greek army.

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

Alexander won in India but his men refused to keep fighting. They had accomplished what they set out to in conquering the Persian empire. His men wanted to see home again and enjoy their wealth.

“When the myth becomes truth, print the myth.” Some speculation is included here as if it were documented fact, but in general the myth of Alexander’s invincibility is subject to question. He withdrew from India, and he was a long way from home entwined in unfathomable intrigue…and elephants.

Alexander came to India exhausted after fighting a lot of battles along the way from Greece to Central Asia. Along the way he suffered massive loss in soldiers, horses and mental health. He was exhausted. When he saw the Indian Infantry filled with Massive elephants it was just too much for him and his men. It was the first battle for Indian Kings and may be the 100th battle for Alexander, so I think Alexander just decided to go back. If it was the first battle for both kings (Indians and Alexander) then I have no doubt Alexander would have won due to his sheer military planning capabilities but it was wise decision by Alexander to pull back. This does not make Alexander a less King.

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

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.

This video, trying to explain how it was actually Porus who won the battle of the Hydaspes, is pretty much the equivalent of a four year old, covered in chocolate, trying to explain how it was actually a bunch of ninjas that broke in and ate all the cookies.

India did not defeat Alexander. Even with the battle historically won, Alexander's army was tired and exploring new and different lands. In the battle with Porus, many people had not even seen an elephant alive and they were considered in the true sense of the word "monsters" when they were seen. However, Alexander managed to impose himself in front of Porus's army, even with a "Pirusian victory".

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Even in that time India's population was much bigger than the Greeks at that region. Alexander's total number of aarmy was around 30k and poros/puru/parvateshvar had 20k for a small kingdom in India. After facing adverse climate and terrain and seeing his demoralised army (he also got injured and severely ill) he decided to return. The war was stalemate,he died in Babylon due to injury and illness.

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He didn't run away. He fell sick and his soldiers rebelled

Alexander turned back because his soldiers wanted go home not because India was particularely impressibe

He conquered a specific part of India one Indian kingdom. He didn’t run away 😂.

because the woman were so homely

There were other text which had mentioned about Alexander and of the battle with King Purushotaman; where he at the battle ...was injured by poisonous arrows which did not allow him to further his conquest.

Alexander was a great warrior but he and his army may have got exhausted when they entered India plus they underestimated the local kings might. They may have been defeated while trying to enter India. Since, no concrete evidence is available why Alexander retreated it should not be presented in a distorted manner by Western historians.

There is no record of a king named Porus at all... The truth is that Alexander never reached India at all... they made a fictional character named Porus and defeated him in a story.

This is how the history of TAMILNADU and TAMILIANS erased by HINDIANS.

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.

Well explained. Thank you.

Actually Alexander figured out that pouras a little king gave so much trouble what would a powerful king like charagupta under the guidance of Chanakya be capable of .He thought better to leave.

Title : Why did Alexander the great run away from India? Me: Cause he wasn't great.

Their are only two possibilities of that event. First , Alexander won but suffered heavy losses and his army lost motivation so instead of marching forward he made truce and left, if he would have decided to go farther king porus would have been killed but would have been defeated by Nanda empire. Second, he lost the battle but instead of killing him king porus spare his life and let him go. In either case it would have been a shame on Rome, so to hide this truth Roman historians wrote this event in a way we study todays.

The thing is that it makes sense why Alexander let Porus maintain his position and celebrate his battle performance. The reason that this makes sense is that this is what he did with all the previous kingdoms he defeated. He did not want to destroy or take people off their positions, he wanted to spread the greek culture and language and be named as the biggest kingdoms’ conqueror who made it to connect all these areas and people and reach the end of the world. This is not just Western history. Alexander had a team of history writers with him who were writing down the battle outcomes and highlights. There are actual scripts found that worked as proof for this. Alexander showed respect to all the advantages of the Indian culture and act of war according to the scripts.

Truly great to have you guys back. Any chance you could do a post on the Asur Sashara Kavach and how he and Suria Dev became Karn in Mahabarath?

Alexander won. If his men weren't exhausted from a 10-year-long campaign he would have conquered all of northern India.

Alexander might never have seen an elephant and must have thought these Indians are still keeping dinosaurs as pets 🤣🤣

He died of septicemia from a wound he sustained in India for which he got all men, women, and animals of the area killed. There are different versions of his death i.e he died around Iraq but one thing the historians have failed to mention is that on his death bed he kept on wailing from sheer pain from infested wound and repeatedly kept on saying '' is there anyone but anyone who can exchange few more days of their life so that he can die in Macedonia and in return that person can have the whole of his kingdom''.

You really suggest a lot of bias points. Indian forces were not superior in tactics or weapons. He didn't flee from fear of Indian armies, Alexander did not flee due to facing brave armies for the first time lol. He had fought brave armies at every step. Poor supply lines, and over extended campaign led to moral losses. Moral loss is devastating in any time period, revolt is a deep threat. Also a sheer lack of interest from other Maradonian nobles mixed with sickness made each battle in India a dangerous rolling of dice. Elephants are clumsy beasts, slow and easy to out maneuver, with a tendency to kill many from their own armies. Horses are far better in war scenario's. India faced an already waning Macedonian army who had been led to places they did not want to be. When they clashed with large, well led India forces, moral plummeted as the lands they took were unwanted by Alexanders generals. His army had no chance of victory in India. Even though he out maneuvered his enemies with superior battle tactics. It was a doomed campaign from day one. He needed to return his men home, recoup and rebuild. Then strike. India would have fallen without issue if he had returned to his strongholds for respite and resupply before attacking in force. Alex lost more men on the march home then he did in India. And how do you know what was written long ago was distorted? lol were you there?

Run away is a poor choice of words considering Alexander still wanted to push further but it was clear that moral was so low that he was going to experience an attrition so difficult to sustain. It was clear his only motive then was to retreat, at this point and moment of death is a bit muddled but again he didn't really run, it's just the situation called for a retreat against Alexander's will. Maybe cite your sources in the description? I would like to read them.

Thank God I'm not her student in the school teaching about alexander the great.... Rip those who think alexander the great ran away because he was afraid 😳.... Think 💬🤔 what if India was alexander the great neighbour country... Sooo rip rip 😔 man India kings.... He defeated many powerful kings on his way ...

I don't get the comment section. Alexander's army was depleted and exhausted over the course of like a decade going from macedon, thousands of kilometres to the east to india and fought porus and defeated him, yet people think porus is the real winner?

Hey chandragupta the indian king also fought againt Alexander with the help of his guru Chanakya

"run away"? In your dreams. How did Greek language come into India? Greek historian in your court? Greek architecture in your cities? Greek kings names, the Maurya describes as their lords in prakrit inscriptions. Hadn't India escaped because of compromise, the whole India including the south (fyi - which the 'Great' Maurya couldn't even capture) would've been under his control.

He didn't run away from India. The soldiers launched a mutiny, which forced him to leave the region. And he did conquer a part of India, the northwestern region and even defeated Porus.

"Ran Away" ? Seriously ? Heights of simping to current propaganda.

I can smell the nationalistic bias of this video but that's pretty normal for any historical narrative. The narration is ok but comparing Alexander's army of 300BC to the German Army of WWII doesn't make any sense. Unlike in WWII, logistics was a huge problem in the time of Alexander. Maps don't even show the entire world. Information was too slow and flew only fast as the fastest messenger bird. Also the travel time was too slow, 100% on foot. Alexander, with the technology of his time, took years to conquer an amount of land that the Wermacht took in weeks using airplanes, trucks, trains, and tanks. The vast area of unknown land and the length of campaign all contributed to the sense of uncertainty that had already been hovering over his soldiers' heads for a long time. The war weariness due to the unusually long years of violence all took a huge toll on his men's mental health. Thus, mutiny is a top reason of Alexander giving up on his dreams of marching deeper into India and the Battle vs Purus was the last straw.

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4:42 That's what everyone call savage 😎😂

There are many questions to the theory presented in the video. 1. If Alexander really lost, who & how Selecus Nikator came to throne in Gandhar (now Kandhar)? He was a Greek. If Alexander lost he too must have returned along rest of greek forces. 2. It is widely accepted that Chandragupta Maurya used the chaos ans opportunity to over throw the great Nandas of those times. If Alexander lost in battle of Hydaspes, how such opportunity came to being. And why would the Nandas which were so powerful (as told) would ever care about Alexander? 3. Later, there were coins issued in name of greek kings of western India. Marriage alliances, trade & commerce, cultural entanglement..... If Alexander was really defeated and probably the greeks were driven out or left by themselves, how such developments are possible? I'm not entirely convinced by the video.... Though, I admire this channel a lot.

Sounds like an Indian version of " out of Africa" that is a bogus attempt to piggy back of Alexander's greatness.

The ancient Kings of India were very powerful, had the British or Mughals dared to come at that time they would have been annihilated, Kings had standing armies of 500 thousand to 1 million in those times.

Please if possible make videos on great kings of medivial and ancient history of India like Samudragupta , Harshvardhana Rajputs and many more Which is not taught us that well in school as they mainly focus on British and mugals 🥲🥲🥲

A man with Alexanders character will never run... He may left because his soldiers were not willing to fight

I have my own take on this one If we look closely into the history the famous takshshila university had no such records of alexander's campaign in india. It could mean that alexander after battling a local cheiftain and getting a taste of war elephants would have backed up gone to macedonia because if he actually did something very significant it would have been recorded in the takshsila university

The thought of having more vegetarian food got him worked up with anxiety 🤣

I dont know if porus was defeated or not but he gave alexander heavy casualties with his small army, alexander feared elephents army because he had never seen elephants used in war so seeing bigger troops in india and their huge army he might have moved on the dream of conquering india

Alexander did not fear nothing, but his compatriots were to tired to fight and only fight.... while their families were waiting for their return home! They were anxious to share the vast world they have gained already.

Alexander never defeated " Porus ". He made good his escape after surrendering Ambhi kingdom of Taxila. ASTONISHINGLY, we Indians don't even know who Porus was- what was his name ? Why not refer to Hydespes by its local name ? Our left leaning Brit taught historians faithfully follow what one court historian of Alexander wrote. Local tradition identifies Porus as " PARMANANDA CHANDRA KATOCH " the Katoch ruler of a dynasty recognized internationally as the oldest in the world and holding sway from the kangra hills upto Multan for considerable period of time

The real reason for the retreat was just the exhaustion his men had. Alexander begged them to give him one month and he ended it with the Battle of Hydaspes, which was one of his bloodiest battles and he was wounded. My estimate is that after 11 years of fighting 2000 miles from home, his men were tired and wanted to go home. His retreat was a mistake in that he took a desert route versus going back to Babylon by sea or through Pakistan/Afghanistan. He also knew that India was a massive country and he would have required many new troops to fill his ranks which he did not have after Hydaspes.

She is wrong ...India had a Greek ruler named Demetrius

He conquered everything.

Thank you for a truth reveling fact. Till the date European thinks they are the leading race for democracy, education and civilisation. Loved your clip. Keep going

The ancient civilization of Bengal named *Gangariddhi* , it had an elephant cavalry of 50000 active _Dantis_ . Alexander with his Massidonian army feared to hear about the military power of Gangariddhi (Bengal) & never dared to move forward.

I am fairly familiar with Alexander the Great having learned about him in history class in Germany. However, I have never learned that Alexander won the battle against King Porus or even took him prisoner. I did learn that Alexander's army suffered so many losses that he deemed it unwise to continue. Moreover, his soldiers mutinied shortly thereafter because they were sick and tired of war and wanted to go home.

How Alexander, Muslims, and British defeated elephants: Alexander: force elephants to group in center from left and right flank..missile fire...elephants inflict more casualties on thier own people as they attempt to flee. Muslims: Oblique attack at an angle...force elephants to push into flanks...elephants inflict more casualties on their own people as they attempt to flee. British: fireworks...rockets that explode but do not cause damage but scare elephants...artillery at flanks to force elephants in center...elephants inflict more casualties on their own people as they attempt to flee.

Alexander fought in 211 battles and never defeated. To admit the historical truth, that Porus have been defeated by Alexander, doesn't mean that Indians are not great. Here in Greece we admire and respect India very much.

Alexander didnt run from India he and his men beat over 100 war elephants. He defeated the 7 foot tall king Porus and left him territories but told him to fight for him now

Alexander defeated Porus. Here are the evidences for you • Alexander's army did conquer most of Punjab. It is evident in the existence of the Indo-Greek kingdom and the development of Greco-Buddhist culture • India had an excellent medical culture, which is mentioned in Greek records. It also records the existence of Yogis. This reflects that Alexander's army really did enter India. • It is evident that Alexander's territory extender well into Punjab, due to the existence of Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and Greco-Indian Kingdoms which had fought multiple wars with later Indian Kingdoms • The river Hydaspes was flooded because of Monsoon. This was a disadvantage to Porus' chariots. • The elephant reinforcement ordered by Porus arrived late. They only arrived after the battle had ended. • Alexander did not appoint Porus as King of Punjab, nor did he return Porus' kingdom. He appointed him as Satrap of Punjab. • Alexander advanced till the Hyphasis (Beas) river after defeating Porus, while he fought the battle near the Jhelum river. Porus would have not let Alexander advance to such distances within his Kingdom if he had won the battle. • Moreover, the sons of Porus were killed in the Battle. So it is likely that Porus must have been extremely angry at Alexander. If he had won the battle, he would have ordered the death of Alexander, or, at least would have captured him. • The cities Boukephala and Nikaia were founded by Alexander on either side of the Hydaspes river. If Porus had won, he wouldn’t have let Alexander build cities in his kingdom. • The battle of Hydaspes was in May 326 BC. Alexander ended his Indian campaign close to February 325BC. This indicates that Alexander spent more than half a year in India after the battle, defeating local kings and administrating the conquered territories. • Alexander moved south to reach the mouth of the Indus. He sent a fleet under Nearchus to explore the Persian Gulf. It is evident that he didn’t 'Run Away' from India. If Alexander had lost the battle, he would have retreated from India, but it is evident that he spent quite a long time there. • He didn't leave India empty handed. He appointed an army under Eudemus to stay in India. After the Porus' death, Eudemus became the ruler of Punjab. So Alexander didn't leave India. He conquered west India and incorporated it under his empire. • Although there are no India sources referring to the battle, Indian polymath Chanakya took the battle of Hydaspes as a lesson and highlighted the need for military training before the battle.

Are you sure he "ran away" from India? The reasons are well documented. But if you insist on reading history through 21st century political lens then there is no history. It is "my story".

Alexander the great did not run away his soldiers were tired and wanted to go home, here is your answer

And again what do the historians know?! When we have here youtube experts taking about history 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Alexander didn't wanted to continue invading india because he knew even after porus there were other strong kingdoms which also had elephant troops with a much more large army..so even his soldiers afraid to continue after hearing this.....

You are reaching way harder than those same western philosophers you criticize. Even before invading India Alexander's army was close to mutiny because they hated Alexander adopting Persian way of life which was unacceptable by the Greeks. Before reaching India, Alexander had already executed one of his generals in a heated drunk argument. After leaving India Alexander executed 13 of his ringleaders too. At the same time though, Alexander clearly lost a lot of his Macedonian army at the war near jhelum river so even if he marched forward he would've faced defeat for the first time. Right now, no one can actually tell what happened because this was around 400-300bc. I do believe that if Alexander wouldn't have died at 32 he would've eventually taken over the entire Asia too.

You can say whatever you want, but the fact is this: no one knows Porus, but everyone knows and aspires to be Alexander.

don't spread lies. he didn't run away. he appointed Porus as King on behalf of Macedonia

Alexander got out of dodge the moment he ran out of gift cards to hand out to the Subhumans.

King Porus & his dynasty are so underrated that u can't find them in indian history books 🤦🏻 they defended india like a wall from invaders for centuries, they get attacked more than any other kings in india because if their geographical location. But our history books r filled with invaders Moghals & how great they were 😠 then British, that's it. What an irony

He didn't run away his army was exhausted and wanted to go home to see their families after a decade of conquest

I'm 23 years old and today i have learnt about kingdom of Porus.

Greeks new how to fight elephants , persia had elephants too. The soldiers of alexander where fighting a constant war for 10 years wwii was for 4-5 years.

Right..let us change history..Alexander ran away..wow..he was afraid of Porus..right..next let us write Porus conquered Europe..it is one thing to hate Mughal and Delhi Sultanate (together they ruled for 700 years)..but now we want change for Porus..good..

Because Alexander knew that " his lentils will not boil here" 😁🤣🙏🏽

All the background works was done by the Great Chankya "Kautilya" and Changragupta Maurya. To unite the Indian subcontinent into the One undivided Empire...🚩 Jo jeeta wahi Chandragupta Maurya (not sikander)

Indian Monk, read the tactics, Alexander's army wasent mauled by the indian army, it was a decisive victory, the indian army was tacticly beaten and surrounded, the whole indian army could have been slaugthered, instead they were captured by the thousands those who ran, the rest along with Porus was surrounded on all sides, had Porus not surrendered it would have been a massacre, still many thousands of Indians died, Alexanders losses were small compared to the indian army. If it was Alexanders hardest, is debatable, the Elaphants were the only real threat, and they did have an effect, and caused the most losses, but they did not break Alexanders lines, and Alexander's army dealt with them the the way that is most effective, proving that they knew how to deal with Elephants. And once the Elephants broke and ran through their own men, it was all over for Porus. Alexander saw a fellow warrior spirit in Porus, who did not want to surrender, he was thinking of fighting to the death, but was eventually persuaded. This conduct impressed Alexander, who made Porus into a Vassal, meaning: He did not lose his throne or Kingdom, but lost it''s indepence, as it was now Part of Alexanders Empire, and Alexander was his overlord. Porus accompanied Alexander on the southern conquest, aiding him and richly rewarded by adding the lands conquered to Porus domain. It is often a wise move to have a local chief that is respected to administer the lands for you, as a Greek ruler would probably not be popular among the Indian's who had a much diffrent culture and religion compared to the Greek's and Persians. Alexander's mission in india, could have been to add the territories lost to Persia, back to it, which he did, but the Greeks belived that the end of the world was there, at that great River. The plan was to sail back home from it. One also must understand that Alexander's army wasent solely macedonians, it was comprised of Several greek states, who had formed a League, which Alexander was the Leader of. The League's mission was to defeat the Persians and revenge the Persian invasion and Burning of Athens. I don't think anyone expected that Alexander would conquer the whole of Persia as that would have been viewed as almost sheer impossible. The 12 year campaign took these men far away from home and family, and they had done way more than was expected of them and the League's mission. That, and coming to a strange land to them, that had monsoons, malaria, hostile population and turned out to be a large continent that would have taken many years more to have conquered, wasent very appealing to men who were already very rich and been through enough fighting for a lifetime, yearning to see their families again. Thus the invasion ended with the conquest of the western parts of india, down to the Ocean along the Indus, which had been part of Persia, and thus Alexander as the new Persian king of kings had claim to it, half the army sailed back home, and the rest walked.

I notice how we call bloody psychopaths great for having slaughtered 10's of thousands, maybe more.

Why did Alexander the great **run** away from india?

He captured jain monk and learned a lot from him and taken back on his way back. Alexander realised there is no happiness continuing voilence. That is also a part of history.

Alexander the Great

India destroyed the reputation of Alexander THE GREAT? More than 2000 years after he died he is still known as one of the greatest generals to ever live.

Stupid question. Alexander did not run away from India. He turned back home because after many years of conquests away from home his soldiers were on the verge of mutiny. My advice - Do more proper research first before presenting an alternative view.

Within just 10 more generations Alexander will be considered mythology

Ran away? He arrived, kicked ass, then left because of the food.