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List of wars involving India
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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 and its predecessors.
Ancient India (c. 15th to 1st century BCE)
Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
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Battle of the Ten Kings (c. 14th century BCE) | Bharata tribe | Ten King Alliance | Bharatas Victory
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Kurukshetra War | Pandavas of Kuru Kingdom | Kaurava of Kuru Kingdom | Pandavas Victory
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Kosala-Kashi war (c. 650 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Kasi kingdom | Kosala Victory
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Kosala conquest of Gaṇasaṅgha (c. 600 to 550 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Gaṇasaṅghas Kālāma Shakya Koliya |
Kosala Victory
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Gandhāra-Avanti war (c. 575 BCE) |
Gandhāra kingdom | Pradyota dynasty | Gandhāra Victory
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Magadha-Anga war (c. 535 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty | Anga Kingdom | Magadha Victory
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Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley (c. 535/518BCE–450 BCE) |
Mahajanapadas | Achaemenid Empire | Achaemenid Victory
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Avanti-Magadhan wars (c. 510 BCE–400 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty Shishunaga dynasty |
Avanti (Ancient India) | Magadha Victory
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Magadha-Kosala war (c. Late 5th century BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Magadha led by Haryanka dynasty | Magadha Victory
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Magadha-Vajji war (c. 484 BCE–468 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty | Vajjika League led by the Licchavis | Magadha Victory
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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
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Conquest of the Nanda Empire (c. 323 BCE–322 BCE) |
Chandragupta Maurya | Nanda Empire | Maurya Victory
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Seleucid–Mauryan war (c. 305 BCE–303 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Seleucid Empire | Maurya Victory |
Kalinga War (c. 262 BCE–261 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Kalinga | Maurya Victory
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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 |
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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 |