712
Battles of Debal and Aror
A commander of about seventeen took the port of Debal, then defeated and killed Raja Dahir. Sindh became part of the caliphate.
Battles · Subcontinent
Battles of the Indian Subcontinent
7 battles and sieges from 712 to 1761. Each links to its own page with the sides, the commanders, the result and a map.
713
Conquest of Multan
Multan, rich from its sun temple, was the furthest point of Muhammad bin Qasim's campaign.
1025
Raid on Somnath
The best known of Mahmud's seventeen campaigns into India. It brought great wealth to Ghazni and is remembered very differently in Pakistan and India.
1191, 1192
Battles of Tarain
Ghori lost here in 1191 and came back the next year to win. Delhi fell, and in 1206 his general Qutb al-Din Aibak founded the Delhi Sultanate.
1526
First Battle of Panipat
Babur's guns and cavalry beat a much larger army. Ibrahim Lodi was killed and the Mughal Empire began.
1739
Battle of Karnal
Nadir Shah crushed the Mughal army in a few hours, then sacked Delhi and carried off the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor. Mughal power never recovered.
1761
Third Battle of Panipat
One of the largest battles of the 18th century. It halted Maratha expansion in the north, but neither side could stop the British who came next.
Other kinds of war
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