What is the city in India named after Alexander the Great's last battle near the river Hydaspes?

pollucci19

Alexander named the city Alexandria Nikaia which was situated on the battle site to commemorate his triumph and Alexandria Bucephalus on the opposite bank of the river in honour of his horse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes_River Jul 28 08, 1:46 AM

truefaithmom

The Battle of the Hydaspes River was a battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Indian king Porus (Pururava or Purushotthama in Sanskrit) on the Hydaspes River (the Jhelum) in the Punjab region of ancient India, near Bhera now in Pakistan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes_River Jehlum River or Jhelum River is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhelum_River JHELUM, or JEHLAM, a town and district of British India, in the Rawalpindi division of the Punjab. The town is situated on the right bank of the river Jhelum, here crossed by a bridge of the North-Western railway, 103 m. N. of Lahore. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Jhelum,_India Jul 28 08, 1:58 AM

author

Both of these cities are in present Pakistan, not in India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Bucephalous Jul 28 08, 4:24 PM