Hydaspes River

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battle historical geographic feature river

The Hydaspes River, now known as the Jhelum River in modern Pakistan, is historically renowned as the site of Alexander the Great’s famous battle against King Porus in 326 BCE.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hydaspes River canonical 6
Hydaspes 3
Hydaspes–Acesines–Hydraotes river system 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical geographic feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jhelum River ⓘ
Vitasta ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Alexander the Great ⓘ
King Porus ⓘ
battleOccurredOn Battle of the Hydaspes ⓘ
combatant Macedonian army of Alexander the Great ⓘ
army of King Porus ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
countryInAntiquity Indian subcontinent ⓘ
date 326 BCE ⓘ
flowsDirection generally south-west ⓘ
flowsInto Chenab River ⓘ
flowsThrough Azad Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Azad Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
hasCityOnBank Jhelum ⓘ
Muzaffarabad ⓘ
historicalNameInGreekSources Hydaspes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hydaspes
historicalRegion Kamboja–Gandhara region ⓘ
surface form: Gandhara
hydrologicalSystem Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form: Indus River system
knownFor Battle of the Hydaspes ⓘ
campaigns of Alexander the Great ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalName Ancient Greek ⓘ
languageOfNameVariant Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Pakistan ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
near modern Jhelum, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOn Hydaspes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ
surface form: Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander

Life of Alexander ⓘ
surface form: Plutarch's Life of Alexander
modernName Jhelum River ⓘ
notableFor Alexander's river crossing tactics ⓘ
use of war elephants by Porus ⓘ
partOf Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
surface form: Alexander the Great's Indian campaign

Indus River basin ⓘ
passesThrough Kashmir Valley ⓘ
regionHistoricallyKnownAs Punjab ⓘ
result Macedonian victory ⓘ
SanskritName Vitasta ⓘ
significance boundary of Alexander the Great's eastern advance ⓘ
sourceLocation Pir Panjal Range ⓘ
tributaryOf Chenab River ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian campaign → hasLocation → Hydaspes River ⓘ
Battle of the Hydaspes → location → Hydaspes River ⓘ
Battle of the Hydaspes → river → Hydaspes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hydaspes
Hyphasis → relatedTo → Hydaspes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hydaspes
King Porus → placeOfBattle → Hydaspes River ⓘ
Mallians → geographicalFeatureNearby → Hydaspes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hydaspes–Acesines–Hydraotes river system
Hydaspes River → historicalNameInGreekSources → Hydaspes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hydaspes
Hydaspes River → locatedOn → Hydaspes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Hydaspes
Battle of the Jhelum → location → Hydaspes River ⓘ
Paurava kingdom → borderedBy → Hydaspes River ⓘ