Glossary
go down : to
be recorded
Your Highness (n) : a
title of respect used when talking to or about a member of the Royal family
warfare (n) : the act of fighting a war
Your Majesty : the way of addressing Royal people
vassal (n ) : a man promising to fight for a
king in return for the right to hold land
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- Answer the following questions:
- Who is Alexander?
- Why did the generals and Alexander think that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history of the world?
- What do you think is the reason for Indian soldiers’ defeat?
- Do you think that Indian generals were not as brave as the Greek generals?
- *Do you believe that Puru was really proud? Give reasons. Do you justify his pride? How?
- *If you were Alexander, what would you do with Puru?
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- Alexander asked his generals to remove the chains of Puru because ( )
- he was sympathetic to Puru.
- he did not like a brave man like Puru in chains.
- Puru requested Alexander to remove his chains.
- Alexander did not dare see Puru in chains.
- Puru did not accept Alexander’s proposal to be a vassal because ( )
- he was very proud.
- he was very brave and patriotic.
- he was not very wise.
- he did not have respect for Alexander.
- Alexander made friends with Puru because, ( )
- Puru accepted that Alexander was really great.
- Alexander wanted to make use of Puru’s services.
- Alexander liked Puru’s bravery and self-respect.
- Alexander was very kind.
- Alexander was really great because, ( )
- he defeated Puru
- he made friends with a brave king like Puru
- he defeated Puru, set him free, respected him, and made friends with him.
- he was the conqueror of the world.
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