- For the historical king, see Porus. Conflict alliance and comradeship with Alexander Unlike his neighbour Ambhi (in Greek Omphis, King Porus chose to fight Alexander the Great in
The Pūrus are a tribe, or a confederation of tribes, mentioned many times in the Rigveda. The Rigveda ( Sanskrit sa ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise verse" and veda "knowledge" RV 7. The seventh Mandala of the Rigveda has 104 hymns Most hymns in this book are attributed to {{IAST|vasiṣṭha maitravaurṇi}}. 96. 2 locates them at the banks of the Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati River ( Sanskrit: sa सरस्वती नदी sárasvatī nadī) is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in ancient Hindu There were several factions of Purus, one being the Bharatas. See Bharatas (tribe for the Vedic tribe. Bharatakula also Bharathas are a Sri Lankan Caste of Paravar Purus rallied many other tribes against King Sudas of the Bharata, but were defeated in the Battle of the Ten Kings (RV 7. Sudās ("worshipping well" an s -stem either from a root dās, or with the extra s added to avoid an archaic root noun in ā, The Battle of the Ten Kings ( dāśarājñá) is a battle alluded to in Mandala 7 of the Rigveda (hymns 18 33 and 83 18, etc,).
The two kings Poros of Alexander's time seem to reflect the old tribal name. The modern Punjabi Khatri Puri caste traces its lineage to the Puru tribe. Puri ( Punjabi: ਪੁਰੀ پــــُـــرى Hindi: पुरी Urdu, Hindko: پــــُـــرى is a Kshatriya clan originating
Saini ( is a Caste of India. - this article strictly applies to Saini (Yaduvanshi community of Punjab and parts of Haryana Himachal Pradesh and Jammu See detailed article Khatri Also see Khokhar, another Punjabi community The Kukhrans (or "Khukhra' i'Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic