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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 770 km (480 mi) long, of northern India and northeast Pakistan. It is the westernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab.
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Examples
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But the good general Sandhu is the only authority I've ever read to imply that Alexander the Great didn't win the Battle of the Hydaspes aka Jhelum against the Paurava king we know as "Porus."
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008
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Pakistan had certain objections to the design of the 240-MW Uri-II project on Jhelum which is almost near the Line of Control.
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Hydaspes: The modern Jhelum River in Pakistan, where Alexander defeated the Indian king Porus in 326.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Tauseef Mustafa/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Several projects have been launched to clear up the lakes and Jhelum River.
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Hydaspes: The modern Jhelum River in Pakistan, where Alexander defeated the Indian king Porus in 326.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The official said a Sept. 8 strike killed one of the Britons, whom he identified as Abdul Jabbar, originally from Pakistan's Jhelum district.
Al Qaeda Terror Threat In Europe: 8 Germans, 2 Brits Behind Plot AP 2010
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Hydaspes: The modern Jhelum River in Pakistan, where Alexander defeated the Indian king Porus in 326.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The official said a Sept. 8 strike killed one of the Britons, whom he identified as Abdul Jabbar, originally from Pakistan's Jhelum district.
Al Qaeda Terror Threat In Europe: 8 Germans, 2 Brits Behind Plot AP 2010
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Faisal Mahmood/Reuters Raja Naqqash Saeed, the father of five-year-old kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, sat inside the compound of his family residence in Jhelum, Pakistan, Monday.
Asia in Photos 2010
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Faisal Mahmood/Reuters Raja Naqqash Saeed, the father of five-year-old kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, sat inside the compound of his family residence in Jhelum, Pakistan, Monday.
Asia in Photos 2010
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