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| Name | King Porus |
|---|---|
| Title | King of Paurava and dominions extending to Hyphasis. |
| Caption | King Porus fighting Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. An early 18th-century Russian lubok. |
| Reign | 340–317 BC |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Successor | Malayketu (Porus' son) |
| Royal house | Paurava Puru Dynasty Porus fought Alexander the Great in the Battle of the Hydaspes River in 326 BC. |
It must be duly born in mind based on the commonality of name , there are many other claimants to descent from Porus. Col. Tod regarded the Paramaras as the best claimants on this basis.
Dr. Ishwari Prashad and some other notable scholars of Indian History Congress have taken the identical methodological approach in reaching the same conclusion. The gist of this theory is that Porus' vanguard soldiers carried a banner of Herakles who Megasthenes - who travelled to India after Porus had been supplanted by Chandragupta- explicitly identified with the Shoorsainis of Mathura. This Herakles of Megasthenes and Arrian has been identified by some scholars as Lord Krishna and by others as his elder brother Baldeva, Tod and other notable scholars (Iswhari Prashad et al.) following his lead found further support of this conclusion in the fact that a section of Shoorsainis were supposed to have migrated westwards to Punjab and modern Afghanistan from Mathura and Dvārakā, after Krishna's demise and had established new kingdoms there.
Col. James Tod added following to associate Porus with Shoorsainis on the basis of Heracles symbology used by Porus' army and the westward movement of Shoorsaini to Punjab and Afghanistan, indicated by Puranic and epicals texts, after the battle of Mahabharata:
Another theory however links Herakles with Lord Shiva (See Megasthenes' Herakles).
Puru started the Puruvansh and Yadu started the Yaduvansh.
Col. James Tod even mentions that Porus was a descendant of Rigvedic Puru dynasty.
Puru dynasty is generally understood to be that of the Pandavas. The Harikulas have been identified by some scholars as none other than the descendants of Yadu.
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