Pakistan, July 15 -- Maharaja Porus is little known to the South Asian folks when compared to the glamour of Alexander of Macedonia. He is often portrayed as a vanquished native warrior who couldn't withstand the smashing power of Alexander the Great.

His poor war tactics and military strategies are ridiculed to acknowledge the supremacy of the Greek invaders, who were supposedly far ahead of Indians in ancient history. It is time to put history in order and acknowledge the great heroism of Maharaja Porus. In a recently published translation of Dr. Bhuda Parkash's work on Maharaja Porus, many unexplored facts of the ancient past have been presented for the keen students of history. The book also triggers the debate of ascertaining the re...