Alexander asks Purushothama how he should treat him, he replies "AS A KING" and Alexander asks what else he wants and he replies that he want everything inclusive of it i.e, he wants his kingdom and he should be the king of his kingdom. Later Alexander sent Meroes who was a close friend of Purushothama and finally he agrees to stop the war and meet Alexander. The great battle which took place in 326 BCE, on the banks of the River Jhelum (called Hydaspes by the Greeks, and commonly referred to as the Battle of Hydaspes in history texts) is considered a victory by Alexander, the King of Macedon, over King Porus of the Paurava clan. Alexander also sent others to ask Purushothama to befriend Alexander but he strongly declined their offers and wanted to continue the war at any cost. Porus: The King Who Stopped Alexander from Further Progress into India. Purushothama declined his offer and also attacked Ambi. Arrian, a Greek historian, wrote that Alexander sent Ambi to ask Purushothama to stop the war and befriend Alexander. The loss was also very high on Purushothama's side but he has no intention of stopping the war. He was badly injured and he wanted to stop the war because of heavy loss of men in the war. After this battle, Alexander the Great was greatly impressed and asked King Porus to become a.
Although the Greeks won this battle against the Hindu Paurava Kingdom, it is considered to have been the most costly battle that the Macedonians fought.
Alexander found it very difficult to continue the war. This painting by Charles Le Brun depicts the Battle of the Hydaspes River that took place between the armies of Alexander the Great and King Porus.