<P> The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Jhelum ( known to the Greeks as Hydaspes ) in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent ( modern - day Punjab , Pakistan ) . The battle resulted in a complete Greek victory and the annexation of the Punjab , which lay beyond the far easternmost confines of the already absorbed Persian Empire , into the Macedonian Empire . </P>
<P> The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Jhelum ( known to the Greeks as Hydaspes ) in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent ( modern - day Punjab , Pakistan ) . The battle resulted in a complete Greek victory and the annexation of the Punjab , which lay beyond the far easternmost confines of the already absorbed Persian Empire , into the Macedonian Empire . </P>
who fought a battle on the bank of jhelum river
who fought a battle on the bank of jhelum river
Alexander the Great King Porus of the Paurava kingdom
Alexander the Great King Porus of the Paurava kingdom