In the foot steps of Alexander

First time when i ventured outside "Jambu dwipa", my manager gifted me few very good DVDs. Last weekend i got a rare chance to go once more through them.

In the footsteps of Alexander (1998)
This is the search of the trail of Alexander the human by Michael Wood. I have been a big time fan of Mike since the great "Story of India". He is simply superb in history telling and one of the legends in his own. This particular series starts with the start of Alexander (356-323) from Macedonia, his great conquests against the Darius The Great of Persia first at Issus (333 BC) and then at Gaugamela (331 BC). The divine Persian king was taken aback easily. Alexander got the first real taste of of Asia first in Central Asia and then in Indus India. King Porus would have done the impossible if his elephants did not betray him. The battle of Hydasphes (326 BC) enjoys a sort of cult following among all the military circles.
Its hard to believe that a man of 30 years can win almost all the known world of that time and can only be defeated by the betrayal of his own army. This series is thoroughly enjoyable
although you can not see much of India in it. Mr. Wood has shown mainly Afghanistan and Persia in his 4 hrs series.

Last year my manager sent me picture of only available mosaic of Alexander. Its here for reference.

Alexander is shown here fighting against the Persian army under Darius the Great. This mosaic is in Pompeii (Italy).