Alexander vs Porus: The Battle That Shocked the World

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]After defeating many world countries, Alexander, who came courageously saying our next target is India, do you know what happened next? With his 35,000 [music] soldiers and 15,000 cavalry, conquering one country after another, Alexander declared, "India thinks elephants and kings will protect it. First, we will crush the Punjab King Porus [music] who uses an elephant army. Then all of India will be under our feet." And began entering India's borders. On the other side, Porus also prepared his infantry, cavalry, and elephant army to face Alexander. But what happened next shocked everyone. Historically, the most important force of the Indian kings was [music] the war elephants. When Alexander's army faced them directly for the first time, before they could even react, they were smashed and thrown away by King Porus's war elephants, making Alexander tremble. And in that war, the story of Alexander came to an end.

[00:00:40]Later, after the defeat, when Alexander searched for his soldiers' bodies on the battlefield, most of them were found crushed under the elephants' feet.

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