What the records say
- When
- May 326 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.83° N, 73.64° E
- Description
- battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE against King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum River) in the Punjab near Bhera
8 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “On the left bank of the Hydaspes, Alexander fights his last great battle, the Battle of the Hydaspes River”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Indienfeldzug Alexanders des Großen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexandre franchit l’Hydaspes (Jhelum) puis surprend Porus (Paurava), roi de Pendjab, et son armée composée de fantassins, cavaliers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “победа Александра над царём Пором в битве у Гидаспа”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla del Hidaspes entre Alejandro Magno y el rey Poros”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة هيداسبس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ヒュダスペス川の左岸で、アレクサンドロスは最後の大きな戦いであるヒュダスペス河畔の戦いを戦う。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page