Introduction
King Purushottam (4th century BC) also known as Porus, was an ancient Indian king, who ruled the present day Punjab region in a glorious manner, and his significance was mentioned in ancient Greek texts. Porus was an excellent archer, he was talented in all kinds of arts, and he was also a great warrior. While waging a war with Alexandar, he fought with him bravely, also challenged him face to face, but finally he was defeated by Alexandar, he was dragged by the soldiers of Alexander and brought before him. Even after seeing the well-built Alexandar, Porus didn’t get any fear, but roared like a lion, and told, “Hey King Alexander, You have won me in the battle cunningly. If you are an able and a capable ruler, let you fight with me alone, and let you prove your skills”.
On hearing the words from the mouth of Porus Alexandar was very much astonished, pleased by his bravery, he made his handcuffs to be removed, and also set him free. In course of time, it is believed that Porus and Alexander were become good friends. Porus also introduced his Guru, Sri Dandiswamy, also known as Dandamis to Alexandar, and through the noble Dandamis, Alexandar came to knew about lot of spiritual matters. Alexandar has also awarded the title, ‘The Great’, to king Porus, as a friendly act.
In our history book, the greatness of the Greek King Alexandar was mentioned elaborately, but the importance of the Indian King, Porus The great was never mentioned. Only through the guidance of the great Porus, Alexandar has done lot of good things in his life, but the true facts happened in the life of Porus was almost hidden, and those details should be revealed in our history books, in order to tell about the supremacy of our ancient kings like Porus, Chandragupta and Vikramaditya.
Still now the greatness about the Mughal Emperors like Babar, Akbar and Shahjahan were only mentioned in a detailed manner in our history books, but the good deeds done by our Indian kings and queens such as Krishnadevaraya, Chatrapati Shivaji and Jhansi Rani were mentioned only in a brief manner.
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