Alexander's Indian War: Porus and the Battle of the Hydaspes

After conquering Persia, Alexander the Great pushed east into the Indian subcontinent. This episode follows his grueling campaign against King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BCE) — the last great set-piece battle of his career. We explore the tactical challenges of fighting war elephants, the monsoon conditions that nearly derailed the Macedonian army, and the legendary encounter between Alexander and the wounded Porus. Along the way, we also discuss the gymnosophists — the naked philosophers who baffled the Greeks — and Alexander's decision to turn back at the Hyphasis River. How did the Indian campaign reshape Alexander's vision of empire? And what did the Greeks really think of the subcontinent they only glimpsed? This is the story of the farthest reach of the Macedonian conquest. #AlexanderTheGreat #BattleOfHydaspes #Porus #IndianCampaign #MacedonianPhalanx #WarElephants #Gymnosophists #Hyphasis #JhelumRiver #HellenisticPeriod #AncientIndia #GreekHistory #MilitaryHistory #Monsoon #Alexander #History #FexingoHistory #AncientWorld Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo