In the summer 327 Alexander left Bactria with a new army under a new command. While crossing the Hindu Kush, Alexander divided his forces. Half the was ruled by Hephaestion and Perdiccas, both cavalry commanders. They were sent through the Khyber Pass, while Alexander led the rest, together with his siege train, through the hills to the north. His advance through Swāt and Gandhāra was marked by the storming of the almost invincible pinnacle of Aornos. In spring 326, Alexander entered Taxila, whose ruler, Taxiles, gave elephants and troops in return for aid against his rival Porus, who ruled the lands between the Hydaspes and the Acesines rivers. In June Alexander fought his last great battle on the left bank of the Hydaspes. He founded two cities there, Alexandria Nicaea (to celebrate his victory) and Bucephala(named after his horse Bucephalus, which died there); and Porus had to obey him. (Jona Lendering)
On the Hyphasis Alexander erected 12 altars to the 12 Olympian gods, and on the Hydaspes he built a fleet of 800 ships. Leaving Porus, he proceeded down the river and into the Indus, with half his forces on shipboard and half walking in three columns down the two banks. The fleet was commanded by Nearchus, and Alexander’s own captain was Onesicritus. Their travels had much fighting and a lot of killing. While storming the state of the Malli, Alexander received a severe wound which left him weakened. (Jona Lendering)
On the Hyphasis Alexander erected 12 altars to the 12 Olympian gods, and on the Hydaspes he built a fleet of 800 ships. Leaving Porus, he proceeded down the river and into the Indus, with half his forces on shipboard and half walking in three columns down the two banks. The fleet was commanded by Nearchus, and Alexander’s own captain was Onesicritus. Their travels had much fighting and a lot of killing. While storming the state of the Malli, Alexander received a severe wound which left him weakened. (Jona Lendering)