⚔ 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.
Larger dots are major battles. ♻ marks a battlefield fought over more than once.
7th century CE · 2
c. 618 CE
Pulakeshin II defeats Harsha on the Narmada
Battle · Narmada river · Chalukyas of Badami
→ The Narmada became the southern limit of Harsha's empire.
642 CE
Narasimhavarman I captures Vatapi
Battle · Badami · Pallava Dynasty
→ Pulakeshin II was killed and Narasimhavarman took the title Vatapikonda.
8th century CE · 1
10th century CE · 2
c. 916 CE
Indra III sacks Kannauj ♻
Battle · Kannauj · Rashtrakuta Empire
→ The Pratiharas were temporarily driven out of Kannauj.
949 CE
Battle of Takkolam ♻
Battle · Takkolam · Rashtrakuta Empire
→ The Rashtrakutas defeated the Cholas and occupied Tondaimandalam.
11th century CE · 4
1001
Mahmud defeats Jayapala at Peshawar
Battle · Peshawar · Ghaznavid Empire
→ Jayapala was captured and later abdicated.
1008
Battle of Chach ♻
Battle · Chach plain, Attock · Ghaznavid Empire
→ Anandapala's coalition was defeated, opening Punjab to Mahmud.
1018
Mahmud sacks Mathura and Kannauj
Battle · Mathura · Ghaznavid Empire
→ The Pratihara capital was plundered.
1026
Mahmud of Ghazni raids Somnath
Battle · Somnath · Ghaznavid Empire
→ The Somnath temple was plundered and Mahmud carried vast treasure to Ghazni.
12th century CE · 4
1178
Battle of Kasahrada: Ghurids defeated
Battle · Mount Abu · Chaulukyas (Solankis) of Gujarat
→ Muhammad of Ghor was repulsed from Gujarat.
1191
First Battle of Tarain ♻
Battle · Tarain · Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari
→ Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad of Ghor, who retreated wounded.
1192
Second Battle of Tarain ♻
Battle · Tarain · Ghurid Empire
→ Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated and killed, opening north India to the Ghurids.
1194
Battle of Chandawar
Battle · Chandawar · Ghurid Empire
→ Jayachandra was killed and the Ghurids took Kannauj and Varanasi.
13th century CE · 3
1221
Chinggis Khan pursues Jalal ad-Din to the Indus ♻
Battle · Indus river
→ Jalal ad-Din escaped across the Indus and Iltutmish refused him asylum.
1296
Alauddin Khalji raids Devagiri
Battle · Devagiri · Khalji Dynasty
1299
Mongols defeated at Kili ♻
Battle · Kili, near Delhi · Khalji Dynasty
→ Alauddin Khalji's army repelled Qutlugh Khwaja's Mongol invasion.
14th century CE · 2
1303
Siege of Chittorgarh ♻
Battle · Chittorgarh · Khalji Dynasty
→ Chittor fell to Alauddin Khalji after a long siege.
1398
Timur sacks Delhi ♻
Battle · Delhi · Tughlaq Dynasty
→ Delhi was devastated and the Tughlaq sultanate never recovered.
16th century CE · 13
1509
Battle of Diu
Battle · Diu · Portuguese Estado da Índia
→ Portuguese naval supremacy in the Arabian Sea was established.
1520
Krishnadevaraya takes Raichur
Battle · Raichur · Tuluva Dynasty
→ Vijayanagara won the Raichur doab from Bijapur.
1526
First Battle of Panipat ♻
Battle · Panipat · Mughal Empire
→ Ibrahim Lodi was killed and Babur founded the Mughal Empire.
1527
Battle of Khanwa
Battle · Khanwa · Mughal Empire
→ Babur defeated Rana Sanga's Rajput confederacy, securing Mughal rule in the north.
1529
Battle of the Ghaghra ♻
Battle · Ghaghra river · Mughal Empire
→ Babur defeated the Afghan chiefs of the east.
1539
Battle of Chausa ♻
Battle · Chausa · Sur Empire
→ Humayun was defeated and escaped by swimming the Ganga.
1540
Battle of Kannauj ♻
Battle · Kannauj · Sur Empire
→ Humayun fled into exile and Sher Shah founded the Sur Empire.
1555
Humayun recovers Delhi (Battle of Sirhind)
Battle · Sirhind · Mughal Empire
→ Humayun regained his throne from the Surs.
1556
Second Battle of Panipat ♻
Battle · Panipat · Mughal Empire
→ Hemu was captured and killed, securing Akbar's throne.
1565
Battle of Talikota
Battle · Talikota · Tuluva Dynasty
→ Vijayanagara's army was routed and its capital Hampi was sacked.
1568
Akbar takes Chittorgarh ♻
Battle · Chittorgarh · Mughal Empire
→ Chittor fell and Rana Udai Singh moved his capital to Udaipur.
1576
Battle of Haldighati
Battle · Haldighati · Mewar (Sisodia)
→ The Mughals held the field but Maharana Pratap escaped to continue resisting.
1576
Battle of Rajmahal: Mughals take Bengal
Battle · Rajmahal · Mughal Empire
→ Daud Khan Karrani was killed and Bengal became a Mughal province.
17th century CE · 4
1612
Battle of Swally ♻
Battle · Suvali near Surat · British East India Company
→ The English defeated the Portuguese and won trading rights at Surat.
1659
Shivaji kills Afzal Khan at Pratapgad
Battle · Pratapgad
→ Bijapur's army was routed and Shivaji's power grew.
1664
Shivaji sacks Surat ♻
Battle · Surat
1671
Battle of Saraighat
Battle · Saraighat, Guwahati · Ahom Kingdom
→ The Ahoms defeated the Mughals, keeping Assam independent.
18th century CE · 9
1724
Battle of Shakar Kheda: Hyderabad State founded
Battle · Shakar Kheda · Hyderabad State (Nizams)
→ Nizam-ul-Mulk defeated the Mughal governor and founded Hyderabad State.
1737
Baji Rao raids Delhi ♻
Battle · Delhi · Maratha Empire
1739
Nadir Shah sacks Delhi ♻
Battle · Karnal / Delhi · Mughal Empire
→ Delhi was plundered and the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor taken to Persia.
1741
Battle of Colachel
Battle · Colachel · Travancore
→ Travancore defeated the Dutch, ending Dutch ambitions in Kerala.
1742
Maratha (Bargi) raids on Bengal
Battle · Murshidabad · Nawabs of Bengal
1746
French capture Madras (First Carnatic War)
Battle · Chennai · French India
1749
Battle of Ambur
Battle · Ambur · Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot)
→ Anwaruddin Khan was killed; Chanda Sahib, backed by the French, took Arcot.
1751
Siege of Arcot
Battle · Arcot · Carnatic (Nawabs of Arcot)
→ Clive's defence of Arcot turned the Second Carnatic War in Britain's favour.
1757
Battle of Plassey
Battle · Palashi · British East India Company
→ Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and Mir Jafar became a Company-backed nawab.