About 20 kilometres northeast of Gujrat lies Jalalpur Jattan, a small town that sits near the site of the ancient city of Bucephala — the city founded by Alexander the Great in 326 BC on the banks of the Jhelum river to commemorate his horse Bucephalus, who died here during or shortly after the Battle of the Hydaspes. The battle itself, fought against the Indian king Porus, was one of Alexander's hardest-won victories and the eastern limit of his conquests.
The modern town holds little physical trace of the ancient city, but the area around the Jhelum river here is evocative: the broad river, the flat Punjab countryside, and the knowledge that this was where the ancient world's furthest eastward military campaign ground to a halt. A small local museum has some finds from the area. It makes a pleasant half-day excursion from Gujrat for those interested in the classical world in South Asia.