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Between Persia & India, Alexander had become more ruthless, massacring cities even when they didn't resist.

He always executed any who resisted before Porus/Purushottama.

Why was Porus/Purushottama allowed to live?

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  • Well, I guess we can't ask Alexander the Great. In fact, even if we could ask him how could we trust him to tell us the truth? I mean what if Alexander said, "I spared Porus because of X, Y and Z", but what if the real reason was some other reasons, P and Q. How would we know if Alexander was lying to us or not?
    – Tyler Durden
    Aug 16, 2014 at 19:05
  • Who was Porus? Can you show preliminary research?
    – MCW ♦
    Aug 16, 2014 at 20:22

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Defeating Parvateshwar (Porus) had been a very difficult task. Moreover Sage Dandyayan had told him that it is impossible to win over this country. When asked, Maharaj Parvateshwar told him to behave with him as a king. So he left him.

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