The following table explains the major Indian Battles fought on territory −
| War | Fought between | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Ten Kings | King Sudas of Trustu-Bharata Trib defeated Ten Kings | 14 BCE |
| Battle of the Hydaspes | Between King Porus and Alexander | 326 BCE |
| Conquest of the Nanda Empire | Between Chandragupta Maurya and Dhana Nanda | 321-320 BCE |
| Seleucid-Mauryan war | Between Chandragupta Maurya and Seleucus | 303 BCE |
| Kalinga War | Between Ashoka and Rani Padmavati | 262 BCE |
| Common Era(CE) | ||
| Huna Invasion | Between Huna and Gupta empire | 458 CE |
| Battle of Pullalur | Between the Chalukya king Pulakesin II and the Pallava king Mahendravarman I | 618–619 CE |
| Battle of Vatapi | Between the Pallavas and Chalukyas | 642 CE |
| Battle of Rajasthan | A series of battles fought between the Umayyad and later the Abbasid caliphates, and kings to the east of the Indus river | 712-740 CE |
| Battle of Peshawar | Mahmud of Ghazni defeated Jayapala | 1000 CE |
| First Battle of Tarain | Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori | 1191 CE |
| Second Battle of Tarain | Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan | 1192 CE |
| Battle of Chandawar | Muhammad Ghori defeated Jaichandra | 1194 CE |
| First Battle of Panipat | Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi | 1526 CE |
| Battle of Khanwa | Mughal Emperor Babur defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar | 1527 CE |
| Battle of Chanderi | Babur defeated Medini Rai of Chanderi | 1528 CE |
| Battle of Ghagra or Gogara | Babur defeated Afghans | 1529 CE |
| Battle of Chausa | Shershah Suri defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun | 1539 CE |
| Battle of kanauj or Billgram | Shershah Suri defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun | 1540 CE |
| Second Battle of Panipat | Akbar defeated Hemu | 1556 CE |
| Battle of Bannihatti or Tallikota | Deccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire | 1565 CE |
| Battle of Haldighati | Mughal Emperor’s forces led by Man Singh I defeated Maharana Pratap | 1576 CE |
| Battle of Kartarpur | Between Mughal Emperor Shaha Jahan and Sikh led by Guru Hargobind Singh | 1635 CE |
| Battle of Samugarh | Between Dara Shikoh (the eldest son of Shah Jahan) and his two younger brothers Aurangzeb and Murad Baksh (third and fourth sons of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan) | 1658 CE |
| Battle of Kolhapur | Shivaji defeated Adilshahi forces | 1659 CE |
| Battle of Purandar | Mughal forces defeated Shivaji | 1665 CE |
| Battle of Sinhagad | Between Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire | 1670 CE |
| Battle of Bhupalgarh | Mughal forces defeated Shivaji | 1679 CE |
| Battle of Palkhed | The Marathas defeated the Nizam | 1728 CE |
| Battle of Mandsaur | Malharrao Holkar (Maratha leader) defeated Jai Singh (Rajput ruler) | 1733 CE |
| First Battle of Delhi | Maratha defeated the Mughals | 1737 CE |
| Battle of Vasai | Maratha defeated Portuguese | 1939 CE |
| First Battle of Katwa | Between Nawab of Bengal and Maratha | 1742 CE |
| Second Battle of Katwa | Between Nawab of Bengal and Maratha | 1745 CE |
| First Carnatic War | Between British and French forces | 1746-1748 CE |
| Second Carnatic War | British forces defeated French forces | 1749-1754 CE |
| Battle of Plassey | British forces defeated Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah of Bengal | 1757 CE |
| Battle of Wandiwash | Between British and French forces | 1760 CE |
| Third Battle of Panipat | The King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Maratha Empire | 1761 CE |
| Battle of Buxar | Between the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined army of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal King Shah Alam II | 1764 CE |
| First Anglo–Mysore War | Between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company | 1767–1769 CE |
| First Rohilla War | Between Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh and the Rohillas | 1773-1774 CE |
| First Anglo-Maratha War | Between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire | 1775-1782 CE |
| Second Anglo–Mysore War | Between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company | 1780–1784 CE |
| Third Anglo–Mysore War | Between the Kingdom of Mysore and the East India Company | 1790–1792 CE |
| Fourth Anglo–Mysore War | Between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company | 1798–1799 CE |
| Second Anglo-Maratha War | Between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire | 1803–1805 CE |
| Third Anglo-Maratha War | Between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire | 1817–1818 CE |
| First Anglo-Sikh War | Between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company | 1845-1846 CE |
| Second Anglo-Sikh War | Between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company | 1848-1849 CE |
| Bhutan War | Between Bhutan and British East India Company | 1865 CE |
| Third Anglo-Afghan War | Between British India and Afghan | 1919 CE |
| Battle of Imphal | Between British India (Allied forces) and Japan Emperor | 1944 CE |
