Draft:Battles in the Indian Subcontinent
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Comment: Ajatashatrukingofmagadha – thanks for your contribution. Since the lead notes that this is a list of battles through the "Indian subcontinent" – can you clarify what is the scope of Indian subcontinent and what exactly it covers? It'd be helpful to expand the lead to specify exactly what criterias were considered to create this list. WeWake (talk) 01:34, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
This article covers conflicts involving India, not conflicts that took place in the Indian subcontinent throughout history. The modern nation-state of India officially came into existence only after 1947.
This is a list of military operations conducted by the post-independence Dominion of India (1947–1950) and the modern Republic of India (since 1950), including total wars, limited operations, and counter-insurgency missions both domestically and abroad.
List of War and Conflicts
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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving former kingdoms and states in the Indian subcontinent and the modern day Republic of India as well as its predecessors.
Ancient India (c. 15th to 1st century BCE)
[edit]| Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Ten Kings (c. 14th century BCE) | Bharatas | Ten King Alliance | Bharatas Victory
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| Kurukshetra War | Pandavas of Kuru Kingdom | Kauravas of Kuru Kingdom | Pandavas Victory
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| Kosala-Kashi war (c. 650 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Kasi kingdom | Kosala Victory
|
| Kosala conquest of Gaṇasaṅghas (c. 600 to 550 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Gaṇasaṅghas | Kosala Victory
|
| Gandhāra-Avanti war (c. 575 BCE) |
Gandhāra kingdom | Avanti | Gandhāra Victory
|
| Magadha-Anga war (c. 535 BCE) |
Magadha | Anga Kingdom | Magadha Victory
|
| Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley (c. 535/518BCE–450 BCE) |
Mahajanapadas | Achaemenid Empire | Achaemenid Victory
|
| Avanti-Magadhan wars (c. 510 BCE–400 BCE) |
Magadha | Avanti kingdom | Magadha Victory
|
| Magadha-Kosala war (c. Late 5th century BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Magadha | Magadha Victory
|
| Magadha-Vajji war (c. 484 BCE–468 BCE) |
Magadha | Vajjika League led by the Licchavis | Magadha Victory
|
| Indian campaign of Alexander the Great (c. 327 BCE–325 BCE) |
Macedonian Empire
|
North-western Indian Kingdoms
|
Macedon Victory
|
| Nanda conquest of Northern India
(c. 4th century BCE) |
Magadha | North Indian states | Nanda Victory
|
| Mauryan conquest of the Nanda Empire (c. 323 BCE–322 BCE) |
Magadha | House of Maurya | Maurya Victory
|
| Chandragupta's conquest of North-western India
(322-317 BCE) |
Magadha | Alexander's governors and their states | Mauryan Victory
|
| Chandragupta's conquest of Deccan
(4th century BCE) |
Magadha | Southern states | Mauryan Victory |
| Seleucid–Mauryan war (c. 305 BCE–303 BCE) |
Magadha | Seleucid Empire | Maurya Victory |
| Kalinga War (c. 262 BCE–261 BCE) |
Magadha | Kalinga kingdom | Maurya Victory
|
| Shunga-Greek War (2nd Century BCE) |
Magadha | Greco-Bactrian kingdom | Shunga Victory |
Early Chola invasion of Anuradhapura
|
Chola dynasty | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Anuradhapura Victory |
| Shunga-Vidarbha War
(145 BCE) |
Magadha | Vidarbha kingdom | Shunga Victory |
Classical India (c. 1st to 6th century CE)
[edit]Early Medieval India (c. 7th to 12th century CE)
[edit]| Name of conflict | Belliegents | Opponents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Narmada (619 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi | Vardhana dynasty | Chalukya victory
|
| Battle of Pullalur (618–619 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Chalukya victory
|
| Battle of Manimangala (642 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Pallava victory
|
| Battle of Vatapi (642 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Pallava victory
|
| Umayyad campaigns in India (712–740 CE) |
Indian kingdoms | Umayyad Caliphate | Indian Victory
|
| Yaqub's campaigns to the east
(861–870) |
Zunbils Kharijites Indian kingdoms |
 Abbasid Caliphate
|
Saffarid Victory |
| Battle of Thirupurambiyam (879) |
|
Chola–Pallava–Ganga victory
| |
| Pala-Tibetan War ( 8th-9th CE )[citation needed] | Pala Empire | Tibetan Empire | Pala Victory |
| Ghaznavid campaigns in India (10th and 11th centuries) |
Hindu Shahis Rajput confederacy Jatts Chandela dynasty Kachchhapaghata dynasty Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty Lodi dynasty of Multan Tomara dynasty |
Ghaznavids | Ghaznavid Victory
|
| Chalukya–Chola wars (992–1120 CE) |
Chola Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | Chola Victory |
| Devendra-Chalukya wars (1090–1100)[citation needed] | Kingdom of Devendra | Western Chalukya Empire | Inconclusive |
| Chola conquest of Anuradhapura (993–1017 CE) |
Chola Empire | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Chola Victory |
| Chola Conquest of the Chera Kingdom and Pandya Kingdom (1018–1019 CE) |
Chola Empire | Chera dynasty Pandya dynasty |
Chola Victory
|
| Chola expedition to North India (1019–1024 CE) |
Chola Empire | Somavamshi dynasty Pala Empire Kamboja-Pala dynasty Chandra dynasty |
Chola victory
|
| South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra I (1025-1068 CE) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya Kadaram Kingdom of Pegu Mayirudingam Langkasuka Talaittakkolam |
Chola Victory
|
| Chola invasion of Srivijaya (1025 CE) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
| Chola invasion of Kadaram (1068 CE) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
| Sena revolution of Bengal (1070-1165 CE) |
Sena dynasty | Pala dynasty Varman Dynasty (Bengal) |
Sena victory |
| Pandyan Civil War (1169-1177 CE) |
Chola dynasty Pandya dynasty |
Kingdom of Polonnaruwa Pandya dynasty |
Chola Victory
|
| Battle of Nettur (1188 CE) |
Chola Empire | Pandyan kingdom | Chola Victory |
| Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor
(1175–1206)
|
Rajput confederacy Sena dynasty Soomra dynasty Ghaznavids Qarmatians Tibetan tribes |
Ghurid dynasty | Ghurid Victory
|
Late Medieval India (c. 13th to 15th century CE)
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Early Modern India (c. 16th to mid 19th century CE)
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Modern India (c. 1857 to 1947 CE)
[edit]Wars involving British Indian Empire
[edit]Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India company came to end and the British crown began to rule over India directly as per the Government of India Act 1858. India was now a single empire comprising British India and the princely states.
- British Indian defeat
- British Indian victory
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
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Independent India (c. 1947–present)
[edit]Wars involving the Dominion and Republic of India
[edit]In 1947, the British Indian Empire split into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Dominion of India. The Indian Army, the Royal Indian Air Force and the Royal Indian Navy too, were divided between the two countries. In 1950, the Union of India became the Republic of India after abolishing monarchy.
- Indian defeat
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Notes
[edit]- ^ unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin.