Quick questions on Alexander the Great in India and the return: HSC Ancient History

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What is the battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BC?

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In 326 BC Alexander confronted the Indian king Porus across the Hydaspes river (the modern Jhelum). It was the hardest-fought of all his set battles. The river was in monsoon flood and Porus held the far bank with infantry, cavalry, chariots and, most dangerously, a line of war elephants. Alexander deceived Porus with repeated feints, then forced a crossing upstream by night during a thunderstorm.

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