Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BCE)
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath |
Porus retained his kingdom as a satrap under Alexander
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gptkbp:casualties |
heavy on both sides
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gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Pauravas
gptkb:Macedonian_Empire |
gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:King_Porus |
gptkbp:date |
326 BCE
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gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:mutiny_at_the_Hyphasis_River
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gptkbp:historicalSource |
gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Arrian gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BCE)
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Punjab
gptkb:Hydaspes_River gptkb:modern-day_Pakistan |
gptkbp:notableFor |
use of war elephants by Porus
tactical brilliance of Alexander |
gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Alexander's_Indian_campaign
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gptkbp:precededBy |
Battle of the Acesines
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gptkbp:result |
Macedonian victory
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gptkbp:river |
gptkb:Jhelum_River
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gptkbp:significance |
marked the easternmost expansion of Alexander's empire
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hydaspes_(Jhelum_River)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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