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The War Between Alexander and Purushotam
Shantenuss: Alexander was this brutal greek warlord who rampaged his way west east of macedoniaa. He destroyed the persian empire and then he decided to try invading india, because he wanted to conquer the whole world. Shantenuss says alexander came across an army called prushotam in western india. Prushotam's soldiers rebelled against him; they forced alexander to retrace his path back towards babylon where he is said to have died from alcohol poisoning or malaria. But not a single indian historian or ancient record mentions alexander at all.
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