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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
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Candidus
Greek theologian
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Antal
Indian poet
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Rajesh Khanna
Indian actor
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
Mani Kaul
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