⚔ 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 41 shown

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

6th century BCE · 2

c. 540 BCE Bimbisara annexes Anga Conquest / annexation · Champa · Haryanka Dynasty c. 518 BCE Achaemenid Persia annexes Gandhara Conquest / annexation · Takshashila · Achaemenid Gandhara & Hindush

5th century BCE · 1

c. 468 BCE Ajatashatru defeats the Vajji confederacy Conquest / annexation · Vaishali · Haryanka Dynasty

4th century BCE · 2

327 BCE Alexander crosses the Hindu Kush into Gandhara Conquest / annexation · Kapisa c. 317 BCE Chandragupta takes the northwest from Alexander's satraps Conquest / annexation · Punjab · Mauryan Empire → Greek garrisons east of the Indus were removed.

2nd century BCE · 2

c. 180 BCE Demetrius I invades northwest India ♻ Conquest / annexation · Gandhara · Indo-Greek Kingdoms → Founded Indo-Greek rule south of the Hindu Kush. c. 161 BCE Dutugemunu unites Sri Lanka ♻ Conquest / annexation · Anuradhapura · Anuradhapura Kingdom

1st century BCE · 1

c. 28 BCE Satavahanas end the Kanva dynasty ♻ Conquest / annexation · Magadha · Satavahana Empire → The Kanva dynasty ended.

3rd century CE · 1

c. 230 CE Sasanian conquest of the western Kushan lands Conquest / annexation · Bactria · Kushan Empire → Kushanshah governors ruled Bactria as Sasanian vassals.

4th century CE · 1

c. 395 CE Chandragupta II conquers the Western Kshatrapas Conquest / annexation · Ujjain · Gupta Empire → The Guptas gained Gujarat, Malwa and the western ports.

8th century CE · 1

712 CE Muhammad ibn Qasim conquers Sindh Conquest / annexation · Debal / Aror · Umayyad Caliphate — Sindh province → Raja Dahir was killed and Sindh became an Umayyad province.

9th century CE · 1

c. 816 CE Nagabhata II captures Kannauj ♻ Conquest / annexation · Kannauj · Gurjara-Pratihara Empire → Kannauj became the Pratihara capital.

10th century CE · 2

c. 993 CE Chola invasion of Sri Lanka ♻ Conquest / annexation · Anuradhapura · Chola Empire → Anuradhapura was sacked and the Sinhalese capital abandoned. 1000 Mahmud of Ghazni begins his raids on India Conquest / annexation · Northwest frontier · Ghaznavid Empire → About seventeen raids followed over 25 years.

11th century CE · 4

1017 Chola conquest of Sri Lanka completed ♻ Conquest / annexation · Anuradhapura / Polonnaruwa · Chola Empire → Northern Sri Lanka became the Chola province of Mummudi-chola-mandalam. c. 1023 Rajendra's Ganga expedition; Gangaikonda Cholapuram founded Conquest / annexation · Gangaikonda Cholapuram · Chola Empire → Chola armies reached the Ganga and a new capital commemorated the victory. 1025 Chola naval expedition to Srivijaya Conquest / annexation · Nagapattinam · Chola Empire → Srivijaya's ports were raided, securing Chola trade routes to China. 1070 Vijayabahu I expels the Cholas from Sri Lanka Conquest / annexation · Polonnaruwa · Polonnaruwa Kingdom → Sinhalese rule was restored with its capital at Polonnaruwa.

12th century CE · 2

1175 Muhammad of Ghor takes Multan Conquest / annexation · Multan · Ghurid Empire 1186 Ghurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids ♻ Conquest / annexation · Lahore · Ghurid Empire → The last Ghaznavid ruler, Khusrau Malik, was captured.

13th century CE · 1

c. 1204 Bakhtiyar Khalji takes Nadia Conquest / annexation · Nabadwip · Ghurid Empire → Lakshmana Sena fled to east Bengal and Turkish rule began in Bengal.

14th century CE · 5

1301 Alauddin Khalji takes Ranthambore Conquest / annexation · Ranthambore · Khalji Dynasty → Hammiradeva Chauhan was killed. 1310 Malik Kafur takes Warangal ♻ Conquest / annexation · Warangal · Khalji Dynasty → The Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra became a tributary of Delhi. 1311 Malik Kafur's southern campaign reaches Madurai ♻ Conquest / annexation · Madurai · Khalji Dynasty → The Pandya capital was plundered and its treasure carried to Delhi. 1323 Fall of the Kakatiyas ♻ Conquest / annexation · Warangal · Tughlaq Dynasty → Warangal was annexed and the Kakatiya dynasty ended. 1378 Vijayanagara annexes the Madurai Sultanate ♻ Conquest / annexation · Madurai · Sangama Dynasty → Kumara Kampana's campaign ended the Madurai Sultanate.

16th century CE · 5

1510 Portuguese capture Goa Conquest / annexation · Goa · Portuguese Estado da Índia → Goa became the capital of the Portuguese Estado da Índia until 1961. 1535 Humayun takes Mandu and Champaner Conquest / annexation · Champaner · Mughal Empire 1558 Portuguese occupy Malé Conquest / annexation · Malé · Portuguese Malé 1573 Akbar conquers Gujarat Conquest / annexation · Ahmedabad · Mughal Empire 1586 Mughals annex Kashmir ♻ Conquest / annexation · Srinagar · Mughal Empire

17th century CE · 4

1601 Asirgarh falls to Akbar Conquest / annexation · Asirgarh · Mughal Empire 1656 Dutch take Colombo from the Portuguese ♻ Conquest / annexation · Colombo · Dutch Ceylon → Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka ended by 1658. 1686 Mughals annex Bijapur Conquest / annexation · Bijapur · Mughal Empire → The Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur ended. 1687 Mughals annex Golconda Conquest / annexation · Golconda · Mughal Empire → The Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda ended.

18th century CE · 2

1768 Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu Conquest / annexation · Kathmandu · Kingdom of Nepal — expansion era → Kathmandu became the capital of a unified Nepal. 1796 British take coastal Ceylon from the Dutch ♻ Conquest / annexation · Colombo · British Ceylon → Coastal Sri Lanka passed to Britain, confirmed by the Treaty of Amiens.

19th century CE · 4

1803 British capture Delhi ♻ Conquest / annexation · Delhi · British East India Company → The Mughal emperor came under British protection. 1843 Annexation of Sindh Conquest / annexation · Hyderabad (Sindh) · British East India Company → Sindh was annexed after the Battle of Miani. 1849 Punjab annexed ♻ Conquest / annexation · Lahore · British East India Company → The Sikh Empire ended and Maharaja Duleep Singh was pensioned off. 1856 Awadh annexed Conquest / annexation · Lucknow · British East India Company → Wajid Ali Shah was deposed on the charge of misgovernance.