Battle of Hydaspes 326 BC - Conquests of Alexander the Great DOCUMENTARY
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The new Kings and Generals animated ancient historical documentary series covering the conquests of Alexander III the Great of Macedon continues with the aftermath of the siege of Tyre of 332 BC ( • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -... ), the battle of Gaza and the conquest of Egypt ( • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -... ) as well as the decisive battle of Gaugamela against Darius III in 331 BC ( • Battle of Gaugamela 33... ). Afterwards, Alexander's Asian campaign continued, as after defeating the remnants of the Acahemenid Empire at the battle of the Persian Gate and the Uxian Defile and the Persian Gates ( • Battle of the Persian ... ), Alexander marched into Central Asia, taking on the Saka at the battle of Jaxartes in 329 BC ( • Battle of the Jaxartes... ). Alexander's next target was the Sogdian Rock, where Spitamenes raised a rebellion against him and we also talk talked about the assassination of Cleitus ( • Battle of the Sogdian ... ). Then we discussed Alexander's campaign in Afghanistan, called Cophen (Kabul) campaign by the ancients and another assassination attempt, this time by the royal pages led by Hermolaus ( • Alexander in Afghanist... ). With the Cophen Valley secured, Alexander left Taxiles and pressed deeper into the sub-continent, making for the Hyphasis River. To do so, however, Alexander would have to pass through the territories of numerous Indian kings, having to either defeat or subjugate them in order to protect his rear. This portion of Alexander’s campaign from, Taxila to the Hyphasis, would prove to be some of the most difficult of Alexander’s career and the battle of Hydaspes against the Indian king Porus would occur during it. We are planning to cover all campaigns of Alexander and all of his major battles, including Gaugamela, Tyre, Issus, Granicus, Halicarnassus, Gaza, Hydaspes and more.
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Kindly do a video on Seleucid and Mauryan wars
Impressed from K&G, I hope we get more such videos on indie battles from Selucus - Mauryan wars to Hunnic - Gupta war and Mughal - Maratha wars💪🔥
Thanks for the wonderful video. Just an extra fact that debunks the modern nationalist claim that Alexander somehow lost against Porus, a coin is still in existence commemorating Alexander's victory against Porus and was commissioned from the the era in which the battle was fought. Would a defeated general in possession of a large, multi-ethnic army of Greeks, Persians, Panonian/Agrianians, and allied Indians REALLY have been able to do such a thing had he lost the battle? It would have been ridiculed and made a mockery of if he had lost and there's no way it could have been hidden in a multi-ethnic army and a vast territory of peoples. The reason he made a coin and founded cities after the battle was because he clearly won. There's nothing hidden there.
I know we live in a 'post-truth' age but it's incredibly disappointing how popular these conspiracy theories/alternative histories are and how many people are duped by them. Obviously asking questions is what any historian/academic should do but outright lying from people who want an alternative history is pretty shameful.
@@KC-jw5yz Not an ACTUAL defeat in battle though, which is what we're talking about. Maybe he would have been defeated further in India or maybe not. That's speculation and we'll never know.
@@KC-jw5yz Only the first line is from Megasthenes. the rest is your delusions.
Hey all, I was the historian and scriptwriter for this episode, hope you enjoyed! If you've got any feedback or questions for me, please do leave them, I do my best to get around to them all!
Thanks a lot, i enjoyed this thoroughly.
Can we expect another project after Alexander's saga?
Thank you for all your hard work
Keep up the good work, all that's needed to be said 👍
You should prepare an episode about cholas of india
This battle was fought 2 kilometers away from my home town. I've visited the place multiple times still can't get over the fact that two mighty armies clashed here in the past.
Living near a battlefield is interesting for sure, I used to live near Antietam.
Do you own a metal detector? Get searching for ancient metals or arrow heads. Who knows what you could find!
@@stelvis1984ify bro you forgot some of the greatest thieves ruled here for 200 years you think somethink would be left 💀💀
Jawad Bhai where do you live?
Not two mighty armies, rather one mighty army and one small vassal kingdom.
Still, to go that far without rest, shows how much love and loyalty Alexander's men had for him.
no they didn't. all the sources mentioned in this video themselves speak that alexander took a large contingent of fresh soldiers from Macedonia in his India campaign, along with persian and bactrian allies. the main reason was his soldiers rightly understood what bigger obstacles and tougher opponents were waiting for them. porus was at best a ruler of a border kingdom, and even his army inflicted such a heavy loss on alexander's army. hence the bigger and more powerful indian states in the heartland would have been tougher opponents. alexander did not understood this fact. but his men and generals did.
@@Tout-Le-Monde02 Acoording to legend, Alexander had twelve altars raised on the bank of the river with the inscription: "Here Alexander was given the answer by oracle: "How far do you mean to go, Alexander?"", It's a pity that so much of the work of historians who wrote about this period and had lived through it (often high-ranking military men) was lost in late antiquity. Also, it would have been great to have more written Indian sources about these campaigns!
@@louise_rose to be fair, from the indian perspective, it was a small clash in a peripheral border kingdom that they had no business with (for the most part). Of course, over time, diplomatic relations were established between the Asiatic greeks and the majour indian kings (chandragupta and such), and we have records of those from both sides.
@@louise_rose well there are 2 issues why there are so less sources...Firstly, Nanda Emperor Dhanananda didn't consider Porus as a big king(the name 'porus' is given by greeks....we dont know what his real Indian name was....likely King Porush).
Secondly, During medieval era pretty much all libraries and knowledge centers in North India were razed to ground during islmic conquests.......so we dnt even have lot of ancient monuments left in North India..let alone documentations.
@@yami6499 It was probably something more Sanskrit and longer though, Porush doesn't sound like the name of a king.
In my opinion, one of Alexander’s greatest victories. Neck and neck with Gaugamela. Just a masterclass in maneuvering and overcoming overwhelming odds in the form of war elephants.
You could put Alexander at the bottom of the sea against Atlantis and he would find a way to defeat them.
@@KC-jw5yz Indian spotted
@@EraKindak Maybe a he’s a Persian. A people so weak and pathetic that they lost their “great” empire by an upstart country with a fraction of their wealth and resources.
@@KC-jw5yz You're clearly hurt, and I don't doubt that
@@EraKindak Where is Neo ?
Losing Bucephalus was surely one of the most tragic moments in Alexander's life. After all, the Macedonian had known that animal since he was a child, not to mention he was the only one who could ride it. In fact, the Oliver Stone's movie did a great job depicting the strong bond between Alexander and his horse. Hope that the master and his steed were reunited in the afterlife and now ride together for eternity.
Yeah it’s tough when you lose a dog you’ve had for awhile. Compound that with a horse that no doubt had as many battle scars as Alexander did and it’s not hard to imagine the loss he felt
"It's just shadow and light, Bucephalus."
Most likely he died of old age.
In many battles Alexander had several horses killed under him. In one battle 6 horses were killed under him. So I doubt Alexander used Bucephalus in war.
With men they understand what is happening to them and what their situation was, but with animals it is always sad to think of what they went through in battle. RIP Bucephalus.
@@tylerdurden3722 It could be that in this battle his personal horse was used since the element of surprise was lost.
alexander founding a city for he's Horse's Honor is such a wholesome moment in history
Yes. The city exists as Phalia,even now.
Yeah, you hear about it in memes, but the actual story is quite sweet.
Yes…but he also named like 22 cities after himself. So take from that what you will
@@Barlas511 Yes, from the Greek Boukephalia, as Alexander originally named it.
Any proof?
No matter how much I learn about Alexander I can’t stop getting fascinated by his battles and how he win them he was truly great.
A real chess player of the battle field who could read his opponents and think ahead of them 👍
Yes, I find his life incredible but also inspiring with his determination to push on.
He was still a war criminal don't forget
@@mementius1340 How so? just curious.
@@rickjames18 Well he did kill a group of defeated enemy fighters after he promised to set them free, somewhere in sogdia i believe and he did kill his friend parmenion for no reason at all and he killed cleitus the black just because he disagreed with him.
Im from Swabi , It is a crossing point of Indus river, there is a village named Sikandri which means Alexandri, It is believed Alexander camped here for months after Coephen valley and trained his men to fight Elephants.
Who won the war ?.
@@viveklawana8770 Maharaj Porus.
@@anshumandhingan6277 Neither of them. It was a close call by both of them,
@@andreakevin8685 what are you saying...poros lost 10k plus soldiers and alexander only a few hundred...where do you learn about that I don't understand because the only sources are telling that poros lost
@@wannabe2894 ignore. Actually there's a trend going on in India to glorify their heroes of the past. They'll somehow claim that Indians were always victorious against invaders. I'm an Indian so I know it very well.
Thanks for addressing the "Alexander was defeated by Porus" Myth. I was extremely confused why the battle had so many conflicting accounts online.
It's literally fan fiction made by Hundu nationalists. That what extreme nationalists always do. Bend history to suit their narrative. It is extremely cringe to read them constantly online.
The only people that spew this nonsense is Indian nationalists, its a recent myth.
@@thatindiandude4602 Dude please go to Punjab on either side of the border and ask them for the tale of Sikander and you will get to know the local version of the history
@@viveks.m820 yeah, local version that somehow has stayed the same for a thousand years and hasn’t changed once….
@@thatindiandude4602 as if these records arent written by greeks themselves.
For those interested in this Battle, there is a very long television series (composed of 47 episodes) from the 90s about the conquest of India called "Chanakya", which recounts the conquest of Alexander and the birth of the Mauryan Empire from the point of view of the polymath Chanakya
43 episodes about a campaign that didn't last long? How is that possible?
@@williamrobert9898 The show tells the whole life of Chandragupta Maurya, depicting his childhood, his role during the invasion of Alexander and the independence war against the macedonian's sucessors, and the founding of his Empire.
@@OptimusMaximusNero I'm gonna make sure to check it out, sounds interesting
Drop link please i want to watch
yep it's awesome. it's long because it covers the political career of chanakya the wily brahmin who orchestrated the fall of the nanda empire mentioned in this video, which was the largest and most powerful empire in India at that time. it covers in great detail about how chanakya helped and guided chandragupta maurya to establish the mauryan empire. alexander's conquest is covered in 4-5 episodes of one hour each, in great detail about the impact it had on the subcontinent and how resistance against the foreign invader was organised etc. very well directed ..... btw chandragupta maurya would defeat seleucus when he invaded India, trying to emulate alexander, and in the treaty that was signed chandragupta got the hand of seleucus niece helena and in return gifted 500 war elephants to seleucus which helped him defeat Antigonus in the Battle of Ipsus ......
I have always heard why Hydaspes is such an equisite display of military tactics, but actually seeing it blows my mind. How Alexander could see a situation and what it would become, only to win is staggering. What a manoeuvre.
porus defeated alexander and it's a fact
@@peshwabajirao1175no he didn’t ur an Indian ofc u would say that
@@peshwabajirao1175 Rightly said. Maharaj Porus defeated Alexander and then Alexander retreated.
@@anshumandhingan6277 he didn't retreat,after defeating Porus he did the Malian campaign(already covered by this channel) from Punjab(with Porus help) at the way to the sea in Sindh,then he returned home via Balochistan,to plan his next campaign and allow his men to go to Greece.
Edit:Also had he lived,he would probably invaded Nanda anyway in a few years.
He would have at least conquered till the Ganges
RIP Bucephalus, a true good boy.
The Oliver Stone's film about the life of Alexander did an AMAZING representation of this Battle. The choreography, the cinematography, the gore, the drama. That scene alone made the movie worth watching!
The Gaugamela part was metal AF. Made me feel like I was in the middle of the battle. Though I wish Darius should have had some lines rather than go full hand sign language.
But in the movie they tried to make it look like Alexander’s army was falling back during the battle with the elephants, in reality as the video shows it was a one sided slaughter to Porus.
The most recent recut of the movie was actually really well done. It flipped the focus from the history and the battles to the relationships Alexander had with those around him. It even allowed some of the acting, which seemed melodramatic in the previous cuts, to breathe a little more and actually have some weight and context. Val as Philip is probably still the best part of the movie, though.
@@JonathanMartin884 I loved the "Revisited Cut". Not only it was much longer and had better pacing and character development, but it also included an intermission like the classic epic movies. Too bad it still omitted important parts of Alexander's life, such as his relationship with his brother Philip III and his life in Egypt. It was pretty good, anyway!
@@OptimusMaximusNero his brother? Dude Alexander had a better relations with Ptolemy who was only suspected to be his brother than with his real brother the dimwit Phillip Arhidaeus.
Oliver Stone followed mostly the books by Mary Renault. So as per the books there are some pretty important character development arcs that he missed.
That snake scene where Olympia shows a snake to Alexander. In the book Alexander had found the snake coiled around his leg and mistaking it for his mother's snake he took it to her. His mother tells him it was not her snake but his now. A snake to show that the god (Duonysus likely) was with him. His father sees this and gets all angry as he wanted his son raised like a true Greek and not like him or Olympia. A marital dispute ensues, Alexander tried to stop his father from assaulting Olympia, Phillip throws him out to the patrol guard. Alexander sobs a bit, the Palace guard consoles him and shows him his own wounds and tells him it makes a boy to be a man one day so he should not cry. Alexander clarifies that he is crying coz he lost his sanke. The guard and the boy then search for the snake. It was a very touching chapter in the book and I disappointed to not see it in the movie.
The books are really really good. Highly recommend it
It’s wild that Alexander somehow managed to conquer a giant empire with hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers and then he’s immediately like “yeah let’s do it all again but in India this time”
Porus was not exactly strong King in India at that time . He didn't fight Magadha Empire
he defeated the frontier kingdoms . the real kingdoms wre in the indian heartland beyond the indus river system
@@slenderdevil6046 porus was a powerful ruler....my man was riding his elephant after the fate of the battle was sealed and was only stopped till he was exhausted.
I think Alex could take on the nandas, they kinda collapsed soon after so I don't think they were that powerful or had alot of corruption and political rot at their core.
Chandra Gupta was an interesting case though, as he was able to defeat selucus, at the time the most powerful of the Alexander's successors and made peace with him.
Funnily enough the elephants got from the peace deal were used to defeat antigonus at ipssus where they prevented the antigonid cavalry who had routed their opponents from rear charging seleucus forces, making an unassailable wall of tusks that no cavalry in the world can hope too overcome
This channel is a gift to the world. As a student studying the Hellenistic period I've watched the Alexander series religiously and I'm always impressed with the use of ancient sources
Did you read The Buddhist greco art ?
The companion cavalry were absolutely invincible. Alexander's incorporation of horse archers was an excellent addition to his army but nothing could stop the force of the companion charge. Best cavalry units in antiquity?
Same with the Silver Shields who faught well into their 50s/60s for Eumenes until their betrayal and informal banishment. The military that Phillip and his son both molded was truly the first professional combined arms military, and influenced just about every force that followed in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Do the Parthian cataphracts count as antiquity? Their victory over Crassus was impressive
@@hyk3830 Absolutely they count. Parthian cataphracts and horse archers were deadly. I also think Hannibal's Numidian light cavalry is in with a shout because, although they were a light cavaly skirmisher unit, they caused enormous losses to the Romans who hated them.
The companion cavalry seem to turn the tide in every battle though with their charges. It's the succession of their victories and the power of their charge that I find the most impressive. They just seem to sweep every opponent away while the infantry holds (hammer and anvil strategy)
The other cavalry in Alexander's army did pretty well too.
I think most of their effectiveness stemmed from simply being used intelligently.
Most of Alexander's cavalry were not Companions. Typically they only made up a portion of the cavalry on the right flank.
Plus, by the time Alexander reached India, about 4 Hyparchies of companions were made up of "orientals", plus one more made up of a mix of Macedonians and orientals. (it's a big part of what caused the mutinee at Opis)
An hyparchy was around 400 cavalry. Alexander started out with 1800 an had 2600 companions at the peak of their numbers.
So at least 1600 of the later companions were orientals.
I assume these Orientals fought in their native styles with their own weapons and armor. Yet they were still just as effective. Which indicates that perhaps how they were used played a bigger role in their effectiveness.
@@tylerdurden3722 when you say "orientals" you mean persian, these people were just like western knights born into the saddle and fought exclusively on horseback prior to alexander's conquest, it's not strange that princes, sons of satraps were capable horsemen under Alexander in these circumstances
I love this series so much. I can't help but drop everything I'm doing and watch when a new episode drops. Inevitably this followed by a rewatch of the entire series thus far. Can't wait for the next episode! Keep up the great work!
Freakin finally. Been waiting for my dose of the Alexander the Great series. My favorite content by you guys so far. Keep up the great work!
Completely in awe of this battle. I first read about it years ago and was equally impressed, I even tried putting myself in Alexander's shoes and realizing I have no solution to it. Seeing Alexander's plan and how the fight unfolded completely blew my mind. The night crossing, then the encirclement, were such a sudden change from a disadvantageous position to a favorable one. Accolades all over.
Thank you Kings and Generals for this video, one of my favorites from your epic channel.
As always another great video. The campaigns of Alexander are just incredible pieces of history to read and watch especially since he died so young, yet he left a mark which we still view with awe to this very day.
A fact to mention, Porus even had archers and according to Megasthenes "nothing can withstand one shot by an Indian archer". But on that day these proved useless, because the extremely weighty bows could not be strung nor discharged without resting one end of them on the ground, and the rain sodden Kari plain presented them with no hard surface for this purpose. Thus, while they were helplessly fumbling the bow-string, the enemy was upon them and cut them down.
Finally my favorite subject on Alexander the Great! You could cover the life of Alexander's wife, Roxana of Sogdia who not only lived the Campaigns of Bactria, she also saw her husband's death in Babylon and the Diadochi wars.
You think you have a good strategy until the narrator says "This is exactly what Alexander was waiting for"
Just like in the case of his Aegean campaign...
Priceless comment!
Coward he was didn't attack dhananad of mauryans❤
Thank you for the historically factual explanation of this battle. I've seen my fair share of Indians claim that Alexander was defeated in Hydaspes and their reasons were quite baseless and absurd yet all available evidence points to a Macedonian victory.
@@user-cg2tw8pw7j yes
Most educated indians know Alexander won , gotta appreciate a general like Alexander he was brilliant , but after that under selucus was defeated by mauryan .
@@gaygachad8305
Chandragupta: I will give 500 elephants for you [Seleucus] to f*ck off
🤣 I've this meme so long ago but will cracks me up the peace deal between the two rulers.
@@diogosousa868 everyone knows Alexander defeated porus but later after his death his empire collapsed, chandragupta actually defeated Selucuses empire in many occasions and took back the pakistan area and later struck a peace deal so that there would be no war in that region .
This was done when Alexander was long gone .
@@diogosousa868 selucus also made peace deal and gave chandragupta money and his daughter for marriage as marriage was seen as a bonding between two kingdoms
It has been a while since I watched your videos but you've been magnificent like always. Thank you @kingsandgenerals for the enormous effort and quality with facts which you bring to your viewer!
Also your portrayal of Alexander is more realistic and understandable.
Gotta say - So happy Kings & Generals is doing this Alexander series. I've always been interested to learn more than the initial major battles of a figure who looms so large over history as Alexander the Great!
Honestly props to Porus. Fighting until he almost passed out from blood loss. Truly a brave and legendary man, almost equal to Alexander
Porus put so much fear into Alexander’s troops that they mutinied not long after this.
Porus was a minor king and has only a few hundred elephants Alexander’s troops had heard news of the nanda empire having 10,000+ elephants and 10 times as many troops.
Thwy realized if a minor king gave him such a huge challenge what would do the true king of Asia do to him.
I believe porus defeated Alexander because porus killed Alexander’s horse that horse meant everything to Alexander and he still somehow “pardoned” porus and let him become a satrap with more land.
Especially since the king of taxila was promised porus land for betraying the Indians .
And then taxila was given to porus as well.
There are some historians that do as well say Alexander lost but it must’ve been a negotiated surrender by Alexander because all of his army wasn’t wiped out then only 10% which was more then Alexander ever lost in any battle even when he fought 5 times as many soldiers as porus had he still didn’t lose as many men as he did to King Puroshattam the Raja of Paurava.
@@9pktheories cope pajeet
@@9pktheories Your math is a bit off.
By the time Alexander arrived at the Hydaspes, he had between 100 000 and 150 000 troops in the region. Hephaestion and Perdicass were leading a second army to the north, which had between 60 and 300 elephants in it. Alexander arrived in the area with 30 elephants, and by some point Alexander acquired a total of 300 elephants, which he refused to use because he described them as a liability in the chaos of battle (Porus learned this lesson the hard way).
Anyway, Hephaestion was tasked with subduing everything North of the Hydaspes....hence why he and Perdicass were not present in this battle.
Alexander lost 1600 men.
1600 / 150 000 = around 1%
Alexander lost at most 2%
Still, 2% is the highest number of deaths Alexander ever suffered in a battle. So credit where it's due.
2% against that man was quite an achievement.
1600 deaths is the heaviest losses Alexander ever suffered.
@@tylerdurden3722 your math iss by how many men. He had it wasn’t more then 30k men Alexander had n the casualties were 3K+
And porus had 5 times less troops then Alexander
I believe it ended in a stalemate cuz there’s no way Alexander would let porus kill his horse and still let him remain king
@@9pktheories how can Porus have 5 times troops that of alexander dude? He was a tiny king on the outskirts. It would be Nanda empire that was 5x of alexander.
It sounds impossible and almost unbelievable that a 20 year old, Warrior, Philosopher, General, Commander, Military Genius King, marched with his army for over 20,000 miles, over a 12 yr period, conquering every army and super power that stood against him. Founding numourous Cities along the way, overcoming incredible odds and countless disadvantages.
I can understand why so many nationalistic, modern day Indians don't want to believe it. Unfortunately for them and their pride, the evidence is clear.
Don't really know what is the stuff of pride here. Porus was just a frontier king at the time of Alexander's conquest and certainly didn't had some large kingdom. Still, even if you go by Greek sources, defeating him proved hard for Alexander and soon after he stalled his march towards India before even meeting the major kings and their armies.
Yes, Alexander was a great conqueror but he didn't had the capacity to defeat major Indian armies of the time, he could've tried to play off 1 King with another like he did with Ambhi and Porus but not sure how long this would've resulted in success.
@Kushal Karmodiya Sorry, remind me which Indian made it to Greece, on foot, with an army ?
Unfortunately, numbers alone do not guarantee victory.
Why did this great Nanda army not come to help their neighbour fight Alexander? Or at least send some troops?
This was probably the 1st time in history that the nearly all the Greek cities had stopped fighting eachother and united under 1 king. Now imagine if 50,000 Spartan Hoplites had also joined Alexander.
@@stelvis1984ify ignorant
@@stelvis1984ify Indian kings were also strong at that time but they never invaded other territories normally but since Aristotle told that Alexander is a world winner so from here Alexander got the motive of conquering whole world lands to prove dis but he couldn't and stopped till Indus river.
Also Nanda empire is even much powerful than porus small kingdom, still according to greek historians record Alexander battle with Porus was not easy like other battles he fought and even metioned as the hardest fought battle of Alexander's life and also the longest battle he fought.
@@kushalkarmodiya Porus even having small kingdom decided to fight unlike Ambhi who easily handshakes with Alexander and even helped because Porus was an old foe of Ambhi.
It is also been said by many historians that acharya Chanakya had played a major role, when he came to know Alexander already entered the borders of India and finally declining of Alexander's vision to win whole world and that was completely a very tactical move along with his other members.
Thank you so much for your hard work!
Even beyond college education and independent study, I've had a great deal to learn from your very well-thought videos and presentations. I wish you all the best as you continue with this very important work.
Perfect timing ,I was just checking the playlist and this one appeared just in time!
wow was looking to carry on the documentary and only just realized this is a project still in the making. 1 year on and still creating great content and staying committed. Kudos my friend. When can we expect the next episode?
The river from which Alexander returned is known as river Beas in morden day Indian Punjab and one it merges with before finally falling into Indus is known as river Sutlej which is near to my hometown of Mullanpur district Ludhiana..
Has anyone tried doing excavation on where the battles happened? I would be interesting if some artifact from the battle could be recovered.
@@shaider1982 don't know about now but British had done done some work and taken a lot of valuable artifacts from India back to britain during colonial rule ..
@@shaider1982 India does not have proper archeological establishment. Most of archaeological surveys are done by government which of full of right wing people.
@@aryaputram lmao bas kar bhai
@@yj9032 and there's no RW in India.
Simply supporting Hinduism doesn't make anyone right wing , low IQ pajeet
Alexandria Buchepala and Alexandria Nikaea still exist as the cities of Jhelum and Sarai Alamgir. The greek parts are buried or lost, but the settlements remain at almost the exact location.
2 settlements were founded, one on each bank of the hydaspes(Bucephala and Nicea). As a native of that part of pakistan, i have seen the large mounds which are thought to be the remains. The Taxila museum has coins from around 20 different Greco Bactrian kings that ruled the Punjab after Demetrius invaded from afghanistan in 180BC
Mounds near which village? Location.
Dude you can find the Greek city ruins in Balkh Afghanistan. Though after the Taliban I am pretty sure it would be razed.
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@@xristoskaiti Δε νομιζω να μιλαει ελληνικά φίλε.
Great episode. Thank you SO MUCH for doing such an amazing job of it!
I really like the thumbnail of this one, and of course awesome video as always!
13:47
Girl 1#: "He didn't cry with Titanic! Can you believe it?!"
Girl 2#: "Do boys even have feelings?"
Alexander after the Battle of Hydaspes: "Come on, Bucephalus, you stubborn horse...We've won...Stop pretending you're sleeping...Get up..."
True Men: 😢
I'm not crying, you're crying...
Soo sad
Was waiting for this, you know how I love my Alexander 👍
Brilliant Analysis of what was in my opinion Alexander's finest battlefield victory. My thanks and compliments.
One of the hardest battle for Alexander, but a masterpiece!
your alexander was defeated
@@peshwabajirao1175 And you liked the fairy tale?
@@peshwabajirao1175 Bro I'm an Indian myself. Why do nationalists twist history to fit their own narrative? Alexander defeated porus, it's a fact and that doesn't make us inferior you know. Alexander even defeated Persians, that doesn't mean Persians are historyless people
@@saishdevale9806 greeks themseves have indian ancestors we conquered that place and spread hindu aryan religion and sanskrit lang there like in the rest of eurashia you saying these uncivilized clowns would conquered even a small minor kingdomof our holy land? there is no proof of this clown alexender ever existing and neither of king porus. greeks most prolly made up this hinstory when they got their ass kicked by some indian kingdom. this indian kingdom didnt mention this battle as it might not have considered this worthy to be mentioned in our holy texts.
@@cosminn2295 alexenderhimself is fairty tale he didnt exist only proof of his existence is a greek book written century after him just like another clown named jesus
The tactical lesson to take is a common one. When your army is smaller you need to use special positioning and tactics, move in small parts to cut the enemy off and attack them quickly before their full force can engage at once. Back then it meant cavalry, 80 years ago it meant tanks, today it means airstrikes and drones.
God Damn your videos are f* awesome! The army formations animated are great!
I used to play Total war series and a couple of months ago I started to search about the strategies and tactics commanders employed, so your channel is a gold find. Subscribed!
PS: Do you have some ancient/medieval warfare and strategy books to recommend?
Thanks in adv!
Alexander would’ve attempted to conquer China upon hearing of how big it was too.
So sure he would also make a “Hellenic Museum” too.
This would be interesting only if he would fight against Sun Tzu, who wasn't alive at this time.
@@PlanetIscandar The bold and the cautious who would have win thats a nice idea but i vote for Alexander after all Zun tsu suffer defeat.
@@funfacttrivias2121 I have no idea who would win and btw i am Greek. All i mean is that Sun Tzu would be the only known worthy general to face Alexander.
@@PlanetIscandar maybe yup Zun tsu should do well against Alexander but i think Hannibal or Julio's Ceasar would be more a good match to him.
@@funfacttrivias2121 And, don't forget Spartacus ;)
King Porus might have been Alexander’s toughest/most worthy opponents.
@@aryaputram the afghans beat you at panipat what are u talking about 😂
@@mementius1340 yeah and then Ranjith Singh captured afghan
@@aryaputram power of india this was fought in modern day pakistan in Jhelum where the hydaspes river is what does this have in common with modern day India 😂 u Biharis love claiming other countries histories
@@aryaputram I’m from azad Jammu and Kashmir the hydaspes river goes through us I’ve been to Jhelum and seen where the battle took place and your claiming this as Indians 😂
@@aryaputram From the Aryans to Afghans it was breached lmao. Gangetics stealing Pakistani history again.
Phillip and Alexander were truly the most innovative and bold generals that the Hellenistic world ever saw. Titans of detail and precision in geopolitics. No doubt that Caesar, Trajan and Auralien saw themselves as analogues.
Never forget Themistocles. If Alexander is the one who spread hellenism, Themistocles is the one that saved it
No the real ogs were indian clan of alina that conquered that region which became hellena/greece and spread hindu vedic culture there. Their lang was corrupted form of sanskrit their god hindu gods with corrupted names. dyauspitra became zeus peter/zupiter etc etc
@@prafful_sahu Who was before indians?
Cowards Alexander and his Ary afriard to atak the real mauryans dhanand army😂
@@proksenospapias9327Cowards Alexander and his Ary afriard to atak the real mauryans dhanand army😂
So fucking good. Anything from pre 1000 AD is always gold and anything Alexander related is always a lovely bonus.
What sets this channel above others is the discussion of the source material within the video itself. This is simply vital, sources are the most important aspect of the study of history.
So called Alexander can never defeat dhanbad porus was a small princpl state shame on u western countries 😂
Here it is! Alexander's third/fourth/fifth masterpiece...
This episode specifically really shows the ingenuity of Alexander. Simply great.
Cowards Alexander and his Ary afriard to atak the real mauryans dhanand army😂
Love you bro from India ❤️❤️You are my favourite history youtuber ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
nice i loved this , this was the format and outcome i was seeking
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Truly the greatest Alexander of them all.
Probably safe to say he had the most tactical mind on the battlefield ever. To this day no one has beat his ratio of victories. Even Napoleon was defeated 9 times
@@universetraveler5826 In fairness Napoleon was only defeated for good when he was heavily outnumbered.
He would have lost to Nanda empire which was the biggest of that time in India and had almost 5 times the army of Alexander's with 3000 elephants.
Baz battles already made a video on this battle can you please make a video on battle of sondani which was fought between three indian kings king yashodharman of malwa Narsimha Gupta baladitya and Adityavardhan against Huns emperor Mihirakula. It will be a great battle to cover.
The power of india 🇮🇳🔥💪 literally north western border of India is not easily breached from Alexander to afgans no one can breach it 🔥all hail to maharaja Purushottam Vardhaman 🔥 who was mohyal Brahmin of Punjab , and belongs to puru clan which is mentioned in Rig Veda 💪and a big devotee of lord Rudra and Krishna🕉️🔥
Thank you for this video!!!!!
And there goes my tomorrows exam studies😂
My favourite video is here finally❤️
Greetings from the site of Battle of Hydespes; Jhelum, Pakistan!
The power of india 🇮🇳🔥💪 literally north western border of India is not easily breached from Alexander to afgans no one can breach it 🔥all hail to maharaja Purushottam Vardhaman 🔥 who was mohyal Brahmin of Punjab , and belongs to puru clan which is mentioned in Rig Veda 💪and a big devotee of lord Rudra and Krishna🕉️🔥
@@aryaputram My Man keep living in your fantasy world!
do Pakistani History books mention Hindu kings or is it only the Turks & Arabs??
@@darkassassin9686 They do.
@@shani2847 what do teach, I'm curious to know.
What an absolutely amazing series! Thank-you so much K & G !!!
I look forward to your upcoming vids on Alexander and if your plan is to continue even after his death, then so do mine. :)
@PeshwaRaaj Indians and fake history
Amazing video. Videos of channel helps linking so many little historical anecdotes together and interesting✨😎‼
*Impressed from K&G, I hope we get more such videos on indie battles from Selucus - Mauryan wars to Hunnic - Gupta war and Mughal - Maratha wars💪🔥*
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@@netaji-thebritishslayer
My edits - 🚬🗿🗡️
I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO
So called Alexander can never defeat dhanbad porus was a small princpl state shame on u western countries 😂
@@theunusualgyan9940 Alexander defeated porus altough it was his hardest battle.
Been waiting for this long time ❤️😍
Y'all really stepped up up yo another level! Good job 👏 👍
Love the Alexander history. Thanks.
His feint with the camp and dressing a soldier up as himself was a masterful use of deception.
Cool battle! Nice video as always
Wonderful video! Alexander could be mercurial and cruel at times but he stands without peer as the greatest military genius in the known history of the world.
I love reading anything about Alexander the Great. He surely deserves eternal glory. While at the same time remembering that he was a man like any other. Loved this video.
Bucephalus or Βουκεφάλας in Greek means ox-headed.
This is why Alexander is the greatest of all time for me. He was a military genius with what I like to call “main player energy”. He had SO many different strategies in his arsenal that he could come up with on the fly. Many times outnumbered he still dictated each battle and was able to read the battle while actually fighting in it. It’s crazy. He knew how broken cavalry was way before anyone else.. he ran around with his cav dictating each battle to his will. He’s also the first to use artillery 😅. I rank Alexander above Scipio Africanus and above Caesar and yes above Napoleon as well.
Great videos... hopefully this helps you in the algorithm just a tiny bit... it is certainly well deserved!!
I think king's and general need to make a special video about Alexander about ' what if Alexander live longer ' because before he's death he already planning a new conquest
The place is called "jehlum city " today ,there is a monument giving the information of the battle ,additionally there is a tomb nearby of some unknown Macedonian general as well .previously all central asian warlords on their way to loot north india stopped here and prayed for success in battle
Coenus' tomb? haha.
Searching for that sweaty indian comment about porus defeating alexander 🤡
Although not a super great movie, Collin pharrel’s depiction of Alexander at this battle is one of my favorite performances. The way they shot the desperation of the battle is just great
one of the few redeemable things about the film.
Had he focused on Alexander's conquest and battles rather than his supposed sexuality, the movie would had been super hit.
@@Hamid_Lightworker he blew all the fight budget at the beginning of the movie lol
I feel the movie showed Gaugamela better
i think that 1 more thing that disproves the idea that porus won the battle is that he did follow up on his victory. he dident conqer any land which alexander had previously taken, which is something any smart ruler would do in that situation
The power of india 🇮🇳🔥💪 literally north western border of India is not easily breached from Alexander to afgans no one can breach it 🔥all hail to maharaja Purushottam Vardhaman 🔥 who was mohyal Brahmin of Punjab , and belongs to puru clan which is mentioned in Rig Veda 💪and a big devotee of lord Rudra and Krishna🕉️🔥
Porus could not have won against Alexander.
Similarly Alexander could not have won against the Nanda as he was. He would have needed some time to prepare just like how his father prepared for a decade before invading Persia.
Porus was just a petty mountain king compared to the other rulers of India.
@@aryaputram Alexander whooped porus lol
@@VntiHero and porus whooped his horse lol
@@aryaputram Alexander killed porus’ son LOL and then whooped porus.
Just for everyone's info, our (Indian) school history books say that Alexander won this battle but Porus conducted himself honourably in defeat. Same depicted in the serial 'Chanakya,'. I have never heard about Alexander's defeat from anyone in India.
Check the comment section and you will see those Indians...
@@debayanbagchi9491 Alexander III of Macedon defeated Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes and that's a historical fact...
@@History_Teller1250 he went back dead from india . you count it as victory LOL🤣🤣🤣
@@ShubhamSharma-to5po He died 3 years AFTER the Battle of the Hydaspes. Not in India...
@@History_Teller1250 did he able to conquer india.??
Thank you for this ❤️
I like to imagine that at the Oracle of Siwa, in Egypt, Alexander was told he would survive only as long as he conquered, and that when his men refused to go on, they were unknowingly sentencing Alexander to his death.
And why do you think just because he won all wars before, he would have continued to win further in India even when the condition of India was unfavorable...Like suppose let aside terrain and large sizes of armies of Indian kingdoms... Every 2-3 months weather changes here, suppose their bodies adjusted for rainy season but then suddenly came winter...Surprise surprise.... like winter in desert and winter in India are different like the dew rain during winters...
@@deepanshu00730 I'm just saying that Oracle of Siwa thing makes a good story. Like if I were to make a movie about Alexander, that's how I would do it. But nobody knows what he was actually told there.
@@atlerthedark3639 Yeah...That secret also got buried with Alexender ( Translation of a Hindi slang ).....
I can't wait for this to come out in a omnibus sought of that's gonna be so epic out doing some of the best historical movies out there
Bravo, kudos!!!
Alexander is definitely One of my favorite kings in history !
.....who owns a big crazy army and struggles to fight a small mountain king maybe even defeated....
@@priyanshpiyush5086 casualties, 1000 macedonian dead, 20,000 indians dead and elephants
@@baseplate7566 That's all one sided Greek history stuff
@@priyanshpiyush5086 thats the only trustable source, no indian source counted the numver of casualties because indians barely know how to write.
@@priyanshpiyush5086 Its actually very trustable, how can a bunch of random indian natives beat a 75,000 VETERAN Warriors who waged war when they were still in diapers? How can they match agaisnt the phanx? How can they match the BEST CAVALRY IN THE WORLD? How.
Such a well researched and well paced account . I am fortunate to hear this ❤‼️❤️👏👍
THANK U SO MUCH !!!!!
11:10 “it was a scene of utter carnage” the fact that you said that so calmly 😂😂😂
Really? Who would say that?😆
@@holyfreak8 listen to the video again
True😂😂
@@sohamdeshpande8732 he’s literally sounds so chill talking about people getting GOUGED by elephants like it’s just nothing😂😂😂😂 I love it.
@@veldrensavoth7119 total carnage the Greeks i think never fought a battle of this kind before 😂😂😂 elephants men horses everything into one utter carnage 😂😂
Great documentary
Finally debuncking that so called "Porus victory". Thank you, as always for this great video!
@@avik4343 because ppl who are saying that Porus won are lying not only themselves but the others and spread lies.
@@avik4343 i was there.
How is it beating Alexander 's horse, compared to Porus losing his son, his flesh and blood?
@@TONYTAKER100 alexender is a fictional charator who didnt exist
@Unfriendly atheist How can it be an Indian myth when even a 2004 Hollywood movie has shown this?
Alexander didn't lose to his men at Hyphasis.
After his army refused to march over Hyphasis, he still continued his campaign, but he changed his route, like his Mallian campaign, Gedrosian desert march, he completed arrangements for Arabian campaign as well which was going to be huge .
It's a false notion that Soldiers would refuse their king in those times. The punishment for doing so was death. Alexander was simply devastated after his failed conquest so the historians put this spin to the actual event
So little rest and too much marching but still the greeks won battle after battle. One of the best campaigns written in history books!
excellent as always
Havent even watched but i already know this gonna be W
As a wise man once sang : "His name struck fear into hearts of men"
Cowards Alexander and his Ary afriard to atak the real mauryans dhanand army😂
We consider the death of Cleopatra in 30BC as the end of the Hellenistic Age, but the IndoGreek Kingdom existed for another 50 years.
Indo Greeks were partially Greek, actually there wasn't fully Greek kingdom apart from Alexander's Macedonia
@@georgiopasca2720 If they were fully Greek they would be called Hellenic and not Hellenistic.
The 2006 Biopic film Alexander, with Collin Feral, isn't the best cinamtic films ever but one of its redeemable qualities is how it depicted historical battles like Hydaspes.
I think of this battle because of the movie Alexander in '04 with Colin Farrell.
Split two thirds regroup and encircle !
Hi Kings and Generals. What a masterclass of a channel you have become. All historical series are awesome!
The main reason why we, the common and humble citizens of any city, need to revisit/relearn such world-changing historical events is because they can serve as fuel to those of us who stand up to the system in order to lobby for better working and living conditions.
The greatest "what if scenario" in history will remain unanswered and possibly an opportunity was lost for some of the greatest civilizations to meet. Nevertheless, the important fact in the entire story is that the loyal soldiers (common people) stood up to Alexander (system/administration) and they had their demands met. Why?
Well, unity in a set is one reason and Alexander's army was a compact set. It is indeed this set which Enabled Alexander to conquer 90% of the known world on foot for about 10,000 miles. The second is the will/power of a loyal majority which effectively contributed in the success of the entire campaign. See, even in Alexander's campaign reason and logic did prevail in the end. Awaiting for our system....
Great work !
Kings and Generals thank you for your work 🙏🙏. Please do a series on Louis XIV or the Sun King and his wars. I bet you guys would do a great job
Thanks!