⚔ Wars & battles

Every battle and conquest on YugMap: who fought, where and what it led to. Click a dot or a name for the full story.

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All Battle Conquest / annexation 7 shown

Larger dots are major battles. ♻ marks a battlefield fought over more than once.

12th century BCE · 1

c. 1,200 BCE Battle of the Ten Kings ♻ Battle · Parushni (Ravi) river · Early Vedic Communities

4th century BCE · 1

326 BCE Battle of the Hydaspes Battle · Jhelum river → Alexander won but restored Porus as a vassal king.

3rd century BCE · 1

c. 261 BCE Kalinga War Battle · Dhauli, Kalinga · Mauryan Empire → Kalinga was annexed and Ashoka renounced war for Dhamma.

2nd century CE · 1

c. 124 CE Gautamiputra Satakarni defeats Nahapana Battle · Nashik · Satavahana Empire → The Satavahanas recovered the western Deccan from the Kshaharatas.

5th century CE · 1

c. 455 CE Skandagupta repels the Hunas ♻ Battle · Bhitari · Gupta Empire → The first Huna invasion was repulsed.

6th century CE · 2

c. 510 CE Huna invasions under Toramana Battle · Eran · Alchon Huns (Hunas) → The Hunas seized parts of western and central India, weakening the Guptas. c. 528 CE Yashodharman defeats Mihirakula Battle · Mandsaur → Mihirakula's power in central India was broken.