Purushotthama was the king of
Paurava[?](the land of the
Puru[?] tribe), one of the
mahajanapadas (kingdoms) that originated from Aryan settlements in
India. Its location was in what is now middle
Punjab, the areas between the rivers
Jelum[?] and
Chenab[?] and its extent varied from time to time. Purushotthama was also knowm as Porus by the
Greeks, and fought
Alexander the Great in India. A city was named after him as Purushapura, which later came to be known as
Peshawar (in
Pakistan).
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