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		vicks711 on Feb 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alexander The Great's Battle at the River Jhelum Raja = King not warlord. Chandragupt Maurya the Emperor of Patliputra (now Patna) had an army much bigger than Porus'

kevin_rubyhouse on Feb 4, 2013 [–]

The article agrees with you, "it was fought against a powerful Indian rajah, an Indian equivalent to a king or warlord."

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