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See also:PORUS (4th See also:century B.C.) , an See also:Indian See also:prince, ruler of the See also:country between the See also:rivers Hydaspes and Acesines at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the invasion of See also:Alexander the See also:Great. In the See also:battle on the See also:banks of the Hydaspes he offered a desperate resistance, and Alexander, struck by his See also:independent spirit, allowed him to retain his See also:kingdom, which he increased by the addition of territory. From this time Porus was a loyal supporter of Alexander. He still held' the position of a Macedonian See also:- SATRAP [Pers. Khshatrapavan, i.e." protector (superintendent) of the country (or district)," Heb. sakhshadrapan, Gr. taerpan-ris (insc. of Miletus, Sitzungsber. Berl. Ak. 1900, 112), E% u3pa7eixav (insc. of Mylasa, Dittenberger, Sylloge, 95), ital. p6. rr
satrap when assassinated some time between 321 and 315 B.C.
See See also:Arrian v. 18, 19; See also:Plutarch, Alexander, 6o; See also:Quintus See also:Curtius viii. 14.
End of Article: PORUS (4th century B.C.)
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