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Flourished c.400 BCE - c.301 BCE
Role In Battle of the Hydaspes

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The Victory of Alexander over Porus
Battle of the Hydaspes between Alexander the Great and Porus
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Becoming the new face of the party
Maryam Nawaz Sharif
Pakistani politician
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Craterus
Macedonian general
Antal
Indian poet
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Candidus
Greek theologian
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Akhilesh Yadav
Indian politician
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader