All battles
12 battles on the list. Linked battles have a full record; the rest are proposed and will be written in turn.
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| Date | Battle | Sides | Why it mattered | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326 BCE | Hydaspes | Macedon under Alexander the Great against Paurava kingdom under Porus | Alexander's last great battle; river crossing against war elephants | SA |
| c. 261 BCE | Kalinga War | Maurya Empire under Ashoka against Kalinga | Its slaughter led Ashoka to turn to Buddhism | SA |
| 751 | Talas | Abbasid Caliphate under Ziyad ibn Salih against Tang China under Gao Xianzhi | Marked the edge of Chinese power in Central Asia | SA |
| 1192 | Second Tarain | Ghurids under Muhammad of Ghor against Rajput confederacy under Prithviraj Chauhan | Opened northern India to Muslim rule | SA |
| 1526 | First Panipat | Mughals under Babur against Delhi Sultanate under Ibrahim Lodi | Founded the Mughal Empire; early use of field guns in India | SA |
| 1757 | Plassey | East India Company under Robert Clive against Bengal under Siraj ud-Daulah | Start of British rule in India; won largely by bribery | SA |
| 1761 | Third Panipat | Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani against Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau | One of the bloodiest battles of the century; halted Maratha expansion | SA |
| 1803 | Assaye | East India Company under Arthur Wellesley against Maratha Confederacy under Scindia's commanders | Wellesley's hardest-won victory, the future Wellington | SA |
| 1857 | Siege of Delhi | East India Company against Rebel sepoys under Bakht Khan and Bahadur Shah II | Turning point of the Indian Rebellion; led to direct British rule | SA |
| 1944 | Imphal and Kohima | Britain and India under William Slim against Japan under Renya Mutaguchi | Worst Japanese land defeat; opened the reconquest of Burma | SA |
| 1965 | Asal Uttar | India against Pakistan | Largest tank battle since WWII; Indian ambush in flooded fields | SA |
| 1971 | Longewala | India under Kuldip Singh Chandpuri against Pakistan | A company held off an armored brigade with air support | SA |