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Excerpt from India's Story: Told to Boys and GirlsEgypt, and Persia, he next marched to invade the unknown land Of gold.The part Of India which Alexander invaded is called the Punjab, or land Of the five rivers. At that time it was ruled by a king called Porus. He was over lord Of the Punjab, and under him were many other princes. Some Of these princes were ready to rebel against Porus, and they welcomed Alexander gladly. But Porus gathered a great army and came marching against the Greek invader.On one side Of a wide river lay the Greeks, on the other side lay the Indians. It seemed impossible for either to cross. But in the darkness Of a stormy night Alexander and his men passed over, wading part Of the way breast high.A great battle Was fought. For the first time the Greeks met elephants in war. The huge beasts were very terrible to look upon. Their awful trumpetings made the Greek horses shiver and tremble. But Alexander's soldiers were far better drilled and far stronger than the Indians. His horsemen charged the elephants in flank, and they, stung to madness by the Greek darts, turned to flee, trampling many Of the soldiers Of Porus to death in their fright. The Indian war-chariots stuck fast in the mud. Porus himself was wounded. At length he yielded to the conqueror.But now that Porus was defeated Alexander was gracious to him, and treated him as one great king and warrior should treat another. Henceforth they became friends.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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