For the mythological figures, see Porus (Greek mythology) and Porus (Roman mythology). Porus, the Greek version of the Indian names Puru or Purushottama, was the ruler of a Kingdom that was located between what is now known as the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers (in Greek sources called Hydaspes and Acesines) in the Punjab. Its capital may have been around what is currently the city of Lahore [1]. Unlike his neighbour, Ambhi (in Greek: Omphius), the King of ...

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Porus is supposed to have held the position of a Macedonian subordinate ruler until he was assassinated, sometime between 321 and 315 BC, by the Thracian Eudamus' agents after the death of Alexander (Diodorus Siculus . After his assassination, his son Malayketu ascended the throne with the help of Eudamus. However, Malayketu was killed in the Battle of Gabiene in 317 BC. ...

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