<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 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 Punjab , which lay beyond the far easternmost confines of the already absorbed Persian Empire , into the Macedonian Empire . </P>
who fought the battle on the bank of river jhelum
who fought the battle on the bank of river jhelum
Alexander the Great King Porus of the Paurava kingdom
Alexander the Great King Porus of the Paurava kingdom