Pauravas

With reference to Uttarakhand, the Pauravas constitute an integral element of their resplendent history. The Pauravas are in fact the designation dowered to petite kingdoms as well as tribes that hail from the north western frontiers of India.

The Pauravas were at their prime during the 4th and 5th century BC although there had been evidence of their glorious existence in the ages dominated by the Vedas.

At that point, the Pauravas are thought to be under the apt guidance of the emperor Sudas. It was the boisterous King Sudas who took his rivalry with the Iranian invaders to the battle field in the 'Battle of Ten Kings'.

Being primarily positioned along the brink of the Indus river, the Pauravas achieved a lot of fame and fortune owing to the trade carried out with adjoining areas. Eventually, the Pauravas had to face defeat at the hands of the Persian Monarchs named Darius along with Xerxes in the battle to determine the fate of Suzerain, a dominion.

The robust tribes under the influential leadership of intriguing personalities like Ambhi and Porus had to succumb before the might of Alexander the Great, who was perhaps the most cogent and virile rulers of Macedonia in the clash of epic proportions that is remembered as the Battle of the Hydespes River.

In spite of the valiant efforts by Alexander, his dream of vanquishing the entire area went in vain as his army declined to bout against the Nalanda empire.

Chandragupta Maurya eventually conquered the opulent plot and laid the foundation of the Maurya Empire.