WI Alexanders Troops Hadn't Mutinied at the Hydaspes?

After Alexander the Great had overrun Persia, he marched into India. He conquered much of what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan, defeating many of the peoples along the Indus River, however his troops refused to go beyond the Hydaspes River, where a massive and superior army of the Nanda Empire awaited them.

What happens if Alexander's troops had not mutinied and had gone into battle against the Nanda?

It seems likely in my opinion that Alexander's troops would have been utterly defeated, possibly destroyed if they don't retreat in time. Which begs the question of what would happen after that? Can Alexander's Empire survive, even before his death, without such a large army?
 

Anaxagoras

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Logic tells me that Alexander and his army would have been utterly defeated.

But something else tells me that it's always a bad idea to bet against Alexander.
 
Then they mutiny a bit further into India when the tiredness hits them for the same exact reason it did IOTL. Contrary to how a lot of people tend to think, these weren't robots, these were people who did get tired after a point in time of marching off into the ass end of nowhere and fighting a battle every single time.
 
Then they mutiny a bit further into India when the tiredness hits them for the same exact reason it did IOTL. Contrary to how a lot of people tend to think, these weren't robots, these were people who did get tired after a point in time of marching off into the ass end of nowhere and fighting a battle every single time.

If they advanced much further, they would end up fighting an army somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000 men. This is the main reason why they mutinied to begin with.
 
If they advanced much further, they would end up fighting an army somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000 men. This is the main reason why they mutinied to begin with.

Alexander had already defeated an army of that reputed size when he conquered Persia. Of course, Alexander had less men by that point. OTOH, the Nanda appear to have been ruled by several brothers, either simultaneously or in short succession, which sound like they weren't the most stable.
 
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