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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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Macedonian general
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
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Maryam Nawaz Sharif
Pakistani politician
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
Candidus
Greek theologian
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Antal
Indian poet
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India