Proper terms for people and regions.

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Proper terms for people and regions.

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Hi again.Can anybody tell me what the real names of Darius and Porus were? Most books I've come across give greek references to non-greek people and regions. It sounds absurd to me that modern authors don't use the proper names for people.
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Darius: His original Persian Royal name was 'Darayavaush', to be translated as "he who is holding the good". The Greek/Latin name Porus is a rendering of the Indian Puru, the throne name of the ruler of the kingdom Paurava. (http://www.livius.org)Regards -
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