Why Alexander Couldn't Conquer India || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: In the right battle, defeat is victory || Acharya Prashant (2020)

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00:00So Alexander came to India and Puru was the first king Alexander needed to conquer if he wanted to

00:05penetrate into India. Puru was a small ruler with a small army but he fought extremely bravely but

00:12as was probably inevitable he was defeated and he was presented in front of the victorious Alexander

00:19and Alexander asks him so Puru how should we behave with you and in that moment when all has

00:24been lost his army is destroyed his kingdom gone and he's standing with his limbs tied

00:29Puru replies with his head held high as a king behaves with another king and it was such a

00:34stunning reply as if the fellow has never been defeated at all Alexander returned he dropped

00:39his intention to march further into India carry the spirit of victory even in your defeat that's

00:46a bigger victory than victory situations can at worse be adverse and situation is always

00:53external the sense of defeat is an internal thing that should not come to you