After this short battle with the son of Porus, he waited to get reinforcement so that he could face his upcoming enemy forces during the Battle of Hydaspes.Īrrian a Greek Historian described the condition of that time as follows. Alexander killed his son and vanquished the cavalry and chariots of Porus. Porus at first send his son along with 3000 cavalry and 120 chariots in order to delay Alexander’s army but it was a futile attempt. And also scouts of Porus have already seen that Alexander has crossed the river. There is some disagreement on whether Alexander knew of the island – it could have been a mistake or it may have been on purpose.Īt dawn, he reached the shore successfully and regrouped his army into battle formation to meet king Porus. Many do not believe the existence of a large island would have been something Alexander could have missed. From the island to the other side, his men would have to wade across. But actually not that easier to cross that river and Alexander was also surprised that instead of reaching another shore he reached on a large island which was a river island. In order to safely cross the river, Alexander made rafts from tents and used the thirty galleys and boats from his crossing of the Indus River Alexander hoped that he would cross the river along with his 15000 cavalries and 11000 infantry smoothly. One story also describes that Alexander to leave a soldier dressed as a king to further confuse Porus.Īlexander took with him his cavalry, archers and infantry to cross the river Hydaspes.

To keep Porus unaware, Alexander left Craterus in a camp with sufficient soldiersĪnd orders not to cross himself until later.

So, t he crossing of the river for the battle of Hydaspes was to be done in three waves. Alexander had camped on the other side of Hydaspes river opposite to Porus waiting for the monsoon to end but he had a full backup of food for that long period provided by the king Ambhi (King of Taxila)Īlexander had played many tricks to confuse king Porus about his strategy to cross the river.Īs Alexander don’t want King Porus to know about when he will cross or how he will cross the river.

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