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Porus famously fought Alexander the Great in the in 326 British Columbia and it was generally believed by historians that he was defeated. Alexander was however greatly impressed by his adversary and not only reinstated him as a satrap of his own kingdom but also granted him dominion over lands to the north extending until the Hyphasis (Beas). After Alexander"s death in 323 British Columbia, Porus was assassinated by one of Alexander"s generals named Eudemus sometime between 321 and 315 British Columbia. The only information available on Porus is from Greek sources.
Historians however have reasoned that based on his name and the location of his domain, Porus was likely to have been a descendant of the Puru tribe mentioned in the Rig Veda.
The historian, Ishwari Prasad, noted that Porus might have been a Yaduvanshi Shoorsaini. He argued that Porus" vanguard soldiers carried a banner of Herakles whom Megasthenes—who travelled to India after Porus had been supplanted by Chandragupta—explicitly identified with the Shoorsainis of Mathura.
Iswhari Prashad and others, following his lead, found further support of this conclusion in the fact that a section of Shoorsainis were supposed to have migrated westwards to Punjab and modern Afghanistan from Mathura and Dvārakā, after Krishna"s demise and had established new kingdoms there. Ambhi informed him of the presence of a formidable army led by Porus which was determined to stop Alexander from crossing the Hydaspes (the Jhelum River) and extended his support in vanquishing his neighbour.
Porus is played by Arun Bali in the 1991 Chanakya (television series), Porus appears in the 1999 animated series Reign: The Conqueror Porus is portrayed by the Thai actor, Bin Bunluerit, in Alexander (2004) Porus appears in the 2011 Chandragupta Maurya (television series).
