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Infantry

The table at the top of the article mentions that Alexander's army had 5000 infantry, while the article mentions 50,000 infantry. Which is the correct number? --ashwatha 19:45, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

https://web.archive.org/web/20101119151504/http://ancientopedia.com/article/163/

Request to add a "fictional war" in the introduction section.

After reading the whole section, this story is obviously looking like a fictional. I mean how's it possible that one suffered only 1000 loses and other army lost 21000 soldiers, the ratio is 1:21 which is impossible. Greeks sources are always exaggerated. 2402:8100:3870:97A2:C82F:680F:FFB5:FA5B (talk) 21:42, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Give a source to oppose this dont use original research. Edasf (talk) 11:09, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I kind of agree on the discussion point raised in this thread, though not with the title/subject of this thread. I think at the very least, there could be an annotation mentioning this as a possible exaggeration from an indirect source like Diodorus.

In addition, there are no corroborating evidence of these numbers from other sources, let alone from any non-Greek sources.

I would not call this a fictional war, though (actually, it was a battle).

LeoRAmbrose (talk) 20:55, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Correct the Title and location identity of the place of the battle.

Jhelum is a more common and well known name, than Hydapses. The majority of the world’s population knows and recalls this river as Jhelum. It is mentioned much more frequently as Jhelum in a wide variety of texts and references than as Hydaspes.

It was well known as Jhelum before the event event, and it is still known as Jhelum after the event.

Therefore, "Battle of the Hydaspes, also known as the Battle of Jhelum" and similar notations in this article, and any related articles, should be replaced with "Battle of the Jhelum, also known as the Battle of Hydaspes" notations."LeoRAmbrose (talk) 21:03, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]