# List of wars involving the Indian Subcontinent

As the list of wars involving India only contains major powers, this is a list for every power in the Indian Subcontinent, including minor and non-pan Indian entities.

## Ancient India (c. 15th to 1st century BCE)

| Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
| Battle of the Ten Kings (c. 14th century BCE) | Bharata tribe | Ten King Alliance | Bharatas Victory Bharatas ruled entire Āryāvarta and named as Bharata Khanda. |
| Kosala-Kashi war (c. 650 BCE) | Kosala kingdom | Kasi kingdom | Kosala Victory Kosala annexation of Kāsī |
| Kosala conquest of Gaṇasaṅgha (c. 600 to 550 BCE) | Kosala kingdom | Gaṇasaṅghas Kālāma Shakya Koliya | Kosala Victory Kosala annexation of three Gaṇasaṅgha |
| Gandhāra-Avanti war (c. 575 BCE) | Gandhāra kingdom | Pradyota dynasty | Gandhāra Victory Pushkarasarin of Gandhāra kingdom defeated Pradyota of Avanti |
| Magadha-Anga war (c. 535 BCE) | Haryanka dynasty | Anga Kingdom | Magadha Victory Magadhan annexation of Anga |
| Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley (c. 535/518BCE–450 BCE) | Mahajanapadas | Achaemenid Empire | Achaemenid Victory Persian rule established over the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent |
| Avanti-Magadhan wars (c. 510 BCE–400 BCE) | Haryanka dynasty Shishunaga dynasty | Avanti (Ancient India) | Magadha Victory Magadhan annexation of Avanti |
| Magadha-Kosala war (c. Late 5th century BCE) | Kosala kingdom | Magadha led by Haryanka dynasty | Magadha Victory Magadhan annexation of Kosala and Kasi |
| Magadha-Vajji war (c. 484 BCE–468 BCE) | Haryanka dynasty | Vajjika League led by the Licchavis | Magadha Victory Magadhan annexation of Vajji confederacy |
| Indian campaign of Alexander the Great (c. 327 BCE–325 BCE) | Macedonian Empire | Various Indian kingdoms | * Macedonia conquers up to the Beas River, yet has to stop its advance in the Indus. |
| Battle of the Hydaspes (c. 326 BCE) | Porus | Macedon League of Corinth Persian allies Indian allies | Macedon Victory Annexation of Punjab Porus became his province chief |
| Conquest of the Nanda Empire (c. 323 BCE–322 BCE) | Chandragupta Maurya | Nanda Empire | Maurya Victory Fall of Nanda Empire Consolidation of the Maurya Empire |
| Seleucid–Mauryan war (c. 305 BCE–303 BCE) | Maurya Empire | Seleucid Empire | Maurya Victory Maurya annexation of all of the Macedonian Satrapies in the Indus River Valley along with conquest of Persian territories such as Arachosia, Gedrosia and Paropamisadae by the Mauryans |
| Kalinga War (c. 262 BCE–261 BCE) | Maurya Empire | Kalinga | Maurya Victory Maurya annexation of Kalinga |
| Shunga-Greek War (2nd Century BCE) | Shunga dynasty | Greco-Bactrian Kingdom | Shunga Victory |
| Battle of Vijithapura (c. 162/161 BCE) | Chola dynasty | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Anuradhapura Victory |
| Battle of Vidarbha (c. 145 BCE) | Shunga Empire | Vidarbha kingdom (Mauryan era) | Shunga Victory |
| Battle on the Sindhu river (c. 135 BCE) | Shunga Empire | Indo-Greek Kingdom | Shunga Victory |

## Classical India (c. 1st to 6th century CE)

| Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
| Saka-Satavahana Wars (c. 1st–2nd century CE) | Satavahana Empire | Western Kshatrapas | Satvahana Victory |
| Battle of Venni (c. 130 CE) | Cholas (Uraiyur) | Chera dynasty Pandya dynasty Velir | Chola Victory |
| Second Parthian-Kushan War (between c. 130 CE to c. 140 CE) | Kushan Empire | Parthian Empire | Kushan Victory |
| Gupta conquests of Bengal (between c. 320–380 CE) | Gupta Empire | Pundravardhana Pushkarana Samatata Vanga confederacy Local Vanga states and kingdoms | Gupta Victory |
| Gupta–Saka Wars (c. 335–413 CE) | Gupta Empire | Western Satraps | Gupta Victory |
| Samudragupta's conquest of Western Satraps (c. 350 to c. 360 CE) | Gupta Empire | Western Satraps | Gupta Victory |
| Battle of Sondani (528 CE) | Alchon Huns | Aulikaras Gupta Empire | Gupta and Aulikara victory |

## Early Medieval India (c. 7th to 12th century CE)

| Name of conflict | Belliegents | Opponents | Outcome |
| Battle of Narmada (619 CE) | Chalukyas of Vatapi | Vardhana dynasty | Chalukya victory Harshavardhana South Indian expandation halted Part of imperial conquest of Pulakeshin II |
| Battle of Pullalur (618–619 CE) | Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Chalukya victory Result of battle is inconclusive by mostly historians Part of Chalukya–Pallava Wars |
| Battle of Vatapi (642 CE) | Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Pallava victory Pallava victory and conquest of Vatapi Part of Chalukya–Pallava Wars |
| Umayyad campaigns in India (712–740 CE) | Gurjara-Pratihara Guhila dynasty Maitraka dynasty Chalukya dynasty Karkota Empire | Umayyad Caliphate | Indian Victory Arab and later Muslim invasions halted in India for next 250 years. |
| Yaqub's campaigns to the east (861–870) | Zunbils Kharijites Medieval India Hindu Shahis Buddhist tribal chiefs | Abbasid Caliphate Saffarid dynasty | Saffarid Victory Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar marched through Bost, Kandahar, Ghazni, Kabul, Bamyan, Balkh and Herat, conquering them |
| Pala Tibetan War ( 8th-9th CE ) | Pala Empire | Tibetan Empire | Pala empire victory Dharmapāla subjugated the throne of Nepal which was under Tibetan rule Devapāla conquered up to the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet Devapāla successfully conquered the Tibetan principality of Punjab |
| Ghaznavid campaigns in India (10th and 11th centuries) | Hindu Shahis Rajput confederacy Jatts Chandelas Kachchhapaghata dynasty Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty Lodi dynasty of Multan Tomara dynasty | Ghaznavids | Ghaznavid Victory Beginning of Muslim rule in the Indian Subcontinent |
| Chalukya–Chola wars (992–1120 CE) | Chola Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | Chola Victory |
| Chola conquest of Anuradhapura (993–1017 CE) | Chola Empire | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Chola Victory |
| Chola expedition to North India (1019–1024 CE) | Chola Empire | Somavamsi dynasty Pala Empire Kamboja Pala dynasty Chandra dynasty | Chola victory Kalinga and Bengal annexed as vassal states of the Chola Empire Part of imperial conquest of Rajendra Chola I |
| 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 |
| Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor (1175–1206) Battle of Kasahrada (1178 CE) First Battle of Tarain (1191 CE) Second Battle of Tarain (1192 CE) | Rajput Confedracy Sena dynasty Soomra dynasty Ghaznavids Qarmatians Tibetan tribes | Ghurid dynasty | Ghurids Victory Fundation of Delhi Sultanate |

## Late Medieval India (c. 13th to 15th century CE)

| Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
| Battle of Katasin (1243) | Ganga Empire | Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) | Ganga Empire Victory |
| Second seizure of Lakhnauti (1244) | Ganga Empire | Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) | Ganga Empire Victory |
| Battles of Umurdan (1247 to 1256) | Ganga Empire | Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) | Ganga Empire Victory |
| Battle of Beas River (1285) | Delhi Sultanate | Chagatai Khanate | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
| Mongol invasion of India (1297–1298) | Delhi Sultanate | Chagatai Khanate | Delhi Sultanate Victory Mongol forces expelled from India |
| Battle of Kili (1299) | Khalji dynasty | Chagatai Khanate | Khalji Victory |
| Siege of Ranthambore (1301) | Delhi Sultanate | Chahamanas of Ranastambhapura | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
| Siege of Chittorgarh (1303) | Delhi Sultanate | Guhila dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
| Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat (1304) | Delhi Sultanate | Vaghela dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
| Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa (1305) | Delhi Sultanate | Paramara dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
| Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Devagiri (1308) | Delhi Sultanate | Seuna dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
| Siege of Warangal (1310) | Kakatiya Empire | Khalji dynasty | Khalji Victory |
| Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom (1310–1311) | Pandyan Kingdom | Khalji dynasty | Khalji Victory |
| Siege of Warangal (1318) | Kakatiya Empire | Khalji dynasty | Khalji Victory |
| Battle of Lahrawat (1320) | Khusrau Khan | Tughlaq dynasty | Tughlaq Victory |
| Siege of Warangal (1323) | Kakatiya Empire | Tughlaq dynasty | Tughlaq Victory End of Kakatiya Empire |
| Battle of Singoli (1336) | Kingdom of Mewar | Tughlaq dynasty | Rajput Victory Rana Hammir Singh defeated Tughlaq Army Muhammad bin Tughluq taken prisoner |
| Bengal Sultanate–Delhi Sultanate War (1353–1359) | Delhi Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate Victory Withdrawal by the Delhi Sultanate Delhi recognises sovereignty of the Sultan of Bengal |
| Jaunpur-Bhojpur War (1389–1489) | Jaunpur Sultanate | Ujjainiyas of Bhojpur | Jaunpur Sultanate Victory Ujjainiyas flee into the forest and lead a guerilla warfare resistance |
| Battle of Delhi (1398) (1398) | Timurid Empire | Delhi Sultanate | Timurid Empire Victory Delhi is sacked and looted End of Tughluq dynasty |
| Bengal Sultanate–Jaunpur Sultanate War (1415–1420) | Bengal Sultanate Diplomatic support: Timurid Empire Ming China | Jaunpur Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate Victory |
| Battle of Sarangpur (1437) | Kingdom of Mewar Kingdom of Marwar | Malwa Sultanate | Rajput Victory Sultan Mahmud Khalji taken prisoner |
| Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas (1442–1446) | Kingdom of Mewar | Malwa Sultanate | Rajput Victory |
| Battle of Nagaur (1457) | Kingdom of Mewar | Gujarat Sultanate Nagaur Sultanate | Rajput Victory |

## Early Modern India (c. 16th to mid 19th century CE)

| Name of conflict (Time) | Belligerents | Opponents | Outcome |
| First Battle of Cannanore (1501) | Kingdom of Calicut | Portuguese Empire 3rd Portuguese India Armada | Portuguese victory |
| Battle of Calicut (1503) | Kingdom of Calicut Arab privateers | Portuguese Empire 4th Portuguese India Armada | Portuguese victory |
| Battle of Cochin (1504) | Kingdom of Calicut Vassal Malabari states Edapalli Cranganore Kottakkal Kingdom of Tanur Beypore Chaliyam Pariyapuram Other Indian States | Portugal Kingdom of Cochin | Portuguese victory |
| Portuguese-Mamluk naval war (1505–1517) Battle of Chaul Battle of Diu Siege of Jeddah | Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of Calicut Bijapur Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate Supported by:  Republic of Venice  Ottoman Empire | Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory Start of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations on the Indian Ocean. Start of Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts on Indian subcontinent. |
| Siege of Anjadiva (1506) | Bijapur Sultanate | Portuguese Empire Portuguese India | Bijapur victory |
| Siege of Cannanore (1507) | Kingdom of Cannanore Kingdom of Calicut | Portuguese Empire Portuguese India | Portuguese victory |
| Battle of Dabul (1508) | Bijapur Sultanate | Portuguese Empire Portuguese India | Portuguese victory |
| Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts (1508–1573) Battle of Chaul Battle of Diu Siege of Diu (1531) Siege of Diu (1538) Siege of Diu (1546) Battle of Bharuch Portuguese conquest of Daman Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | Gujarat Sultanate Supported by: Kingdom of Calicut Mamluk Sultanate (until 1517)  Ottoman Empire (since 1517) | Portuguese Empire Portuguese India | Portuguese victory Establishment of Portuguese Diu. Treaty of Bassein (1534). Establishment of Portuguese Bassein. Establishment of Portuguese Daman. Consolidation of Portuguese control in the Gulf of Khambhat. Start of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts. |
| Portuguese conquest of Goa (1510) | Bijapur Sultanate | Kingdom of Portugal Portuguese India | Portuguese victory Consolidation of Portuguese India authority. |
| Siege of Aden (1513) | Portuguese Empire Portuguese India | Yemeni Tahirids | Tahirid victory |
| Siege of Goa (1517) | Bijapur Sultanate | Portuguese Empire Portuguese Goa | Portuguese victory |
| Battle of Zeila (1517) | Portuguese Empire |