The table below lists the early Hindu-Muslim military conflicts in the Indian subcontinent. [1]
Muslim | Hindu |
( Color legend for aggressor)
Year | Aggressor | Location | Commander | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
636 | Muslim | Tanah, near Mumbai | Caliph Umar | Major Naval Raid [1] [2] |
c. 643 | Muslim | Debal | Arabs invaded Debal at the mouth of the Indus river [3] | |
650 | Muslim | Zaranj | Caliph Uthman | City of Zabul occupied by Muslims [1] |
660s | Muslim | Bust | Ibn Samarah | Bust occupied; Kabul garrisoned [1] |
670 | Hindu | Kabul | unknown | Hindus recapture Kabul [1] |
680 | Hindu | Kabul | Ratbil, Yazid ibn Ziyad | Hindu raiding parties harass Muslims [1] |
692 | Muslim | Bust | Abu Dulhah, Ratbil | Bust retaken by Muslim expedition [1] |
694 | Muslim | Kabul | Ibn Abi-Makrah, Ratbil | Major Muslim siege fails to retake Kabul [1] |
708 | Muslim | Sijistan | Qutaya ibn Muslim, Ratbil | Major punitive raid against Ratbil [1] |
710 | Muslim | Sri Lanka | Al-Hajjaj | Raid on island [1] |
711 | Muslim | Debal | Ubaidullah, Dahir | Ubaidullah killed by Dahir expedition failed
[1]
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712 | Muslim | Debal | Budail, Jaisiah (Hullishah) | Budail was killed and many Arabs taken prisoners raja Dahir was the king at that time [1] |
713 | Muslim | Multan | Muhammad ibn Qasim | Islamic conquest of urban Sindh completed [1] |
715 | Hindu | Alor | Hullishah, al-Muhallab | Hindu army retakes major city from Muslims. [1] |
715 | Hindu | Mehran | Hullishah, al-Muhallab | Muslims stall the Hindu counter-offensive [1] |
718 | Hindu | Brahmanabadh | Hullishah, al-Muhallab | Hindu attacks resume [1] |
721 | Muslim | Brahmanabadh | al-Muhallab, Hullishah | Hullishah becomes a Muslim, likely due to military reversals. [1] |
725 | Muslim | Avanti | Nagabhata I | Defeat of large expedition against Avanti. [1] |
724-740 | Muslim | Uzain, Mirmad, Dahnaj, others | Junayd of Sindh | Raiding India as part of Umayyad Hindu policy. [1] |
740 | Muslim | Chittor | Mauray of Chittor | Hindus repulse an Arab siege [1] |
743 | Muslim | al-Bailaman, al-Jurz | Junayd | Annexed by Muslims. [1] |
750 | Muslim | Vallabhi | Junayd of Sindh, Nagabhata I | Pratihara capital sacked in Muslim raid. [1] [4] [5] |
754-775 | Muslim | ar-Rukhraj, Kabul, Kandahar, Kashmir | Caliph Al-Mansur | Heavy raids and sieges but few annexations by Muslims [1] |
778 | Muslims | Barabad | Caliph Al-Mahdi | Muslim amphibious assault annihilated. [1] |
Late 770s | Muslim | Sijistan | Caliph Al-Mahdi | Raja of Sijistan made vassal of Caliphate. [1] |
780-787 | Muslim | Fort Tharra, Bagar, Bhaqmbur | Haji Abu Turab | Vigorous Muslim offensive captures several important Hindu outposts. [1] |
786-791 | Muslim | Kabul | Caliph ar-Rashid | Major Muslim siege effort fails. [1] |
800-810 | Hindu | Sindh border | Nagabhata II, Caliph Al-Amin | Several Muslim outposts fall to Pratihara incursions [1] |
810-820 | Muslim | Kabul | Caliph Al-Ma'mun, Nagabhata II | Kabul falls to Muslims, is then retaken by Hindus. [1] |
820-830 | Muslim | Fort Sindan | al-Fadl ibn Mahan | Sindan captured, but Hindu riots make pacification of Sindh impossible. [1] |
839 | Hindu | Fort Sindan | Mihira Bhoja | Hindus expel Muslim garrison. [1] |
845 | Hindu | Yavana | Dharmpala | Muslim principality becomes vassal of Pratiharas. [1] |
845-860 | Hindu | Pratihara-Sindh | Mihira Bhoja | Uneasy truce between Sindh and Rajputana. [1] |
860 | Hindu | Rajputana-Sindh | Kokkalla I | Kalachuri raids into Sindh to finance war with Pratihara kingdom [1] |
867 | Muslim | Herat | Yakub ibn Layth | Saffarid conquest [1] |
870 | Muslim | Kabul | Yakub ibn Layth, Lalliya Shahi | Saffarid conquest [1] |
880-900 | Muslim | Sijistan | Amr ibn Layth, Kamaluka Shahi | Frequent raids by Muslims. [1] |
903-905 | Hindu | Kabul region | Shahi dynasty | Disintegration of Saffarids allows major Hindu military achievements. [1] |
905-915 | Hindu | Multan region | Mahipala Pratihara | Series of major but unsuccessful Hindu sieges of Multan. [1] |
940-950 | Hindu | Multan region | Pratihara, Amir of Multan | Evidences of war and reprisals prior to the Qarmatian take-over. [1] |
c. 948-963 | Muslim | Alptigin | Punjab | Alptigin of Ghazni plunders Punjab several times. [6] |
963 | Muslim | Alptigin, Anuk Lawik | Fort Ghazni | Muslims take fort from Hindus. [1] |
965-973 | Muslim | Lamghan | Sabuktigin | Heavy raiding [1] |
973 | Hindu | Ghazna | Sabuktigin | Defeat of Hindu expedition. [1] |
973-991 | Muslim | Lamghan | Sabuktigin, Jayapala | Long series of engagements, eventual Muslim annexation of Lamghan [1] |
1001 | Muslim | Peshawar | Mahmud, Jayapala | Defeat of major Hindu confederation. [1] |
1004 | Muslim | Bhera | Mahmud, Bijay Ray | Muslims annex city [1] |
1005–1006 | Muslim | Multan | Mahmud, Fateh Daud | Siege successful, Daud agrees to pay tribute to Mahmud [1] |
1005–1008 | Muslim | Punjab | Mahmud, Anandapala | Enormous devastation by Muslim raids. [1] |
1009 | Muslim | Nagarkot | Mahmud | City razed [1] |
1009 | Muslim | Ohind | Mahmud, Anandapala | Ghaznavid victory [1] |
1013 | Muslim | Nandanah | Mahmud, Trilochanpala | City taken [1] |
1014 | Hindu | Tosi river | Mahmud, Trilochanpala | Muslims halted [1] |
1015 | Muslim | Lohkot ( Lahore) | Mahmud | Unsuccessful Muslim siege [1] |
1018 | Muslim | Kannauj and Baran | Mahmud | Two major Hindu capitals surrounded. [1] |
1021 | Muslim | Lohkot ( Lahore) | Mahmud | Second siege also fails [1] |
1022 | Muslim | Fort Gwalior | Mahmud, Nanda | Fort taken [1] |
1022 | Muslim | Fort Kalanjara | Mahmud, Nanda | Chandela fort stalls Muslim advance. [1] |
1025 | Muslim | Somnath | Mahmud | City taken. [1] |
1027 | Muslim | Indus Valley | Mahmud, Jats | Ghaznavid victory [1] |
1033 | Muslim | Saraswa, near Saharanpur | Masud | Ghaznavid siege successful [1] |
1033 | Muslim | Varanasi | Ahmed Nialtigin, Gangeyadeva | Major raid [1] [7] |
1037 | Muslim | Hansi (near Delhi) | Masud | Ghaznavid victory [1] |
1040 | Muslim | Thanesar | Mahmud, Tomara dynasty | Major city taken. [1] |
1044 | Hindu | Thanesar, Hansi, Kangra | Mahipal of Delhi | Grand counter offensive recaptures some ground. [1] |
1049 | Muslim | Thanesar, Hansi, Kangra | Bu'Ali Hasan | Mahipal forced to give up some reconquests [1] |
1052 | Muslim | Fort Kangra | Nushtigin Ghazni, Mahipala | Retaken by Muslims. [1] |
1060–1075 | Muslim | Rupal, Ajudhan, Buria, Sirhind, Dhangan, Fort Darah | Sultan Ibrahim | Muslim conquests. [1] |
1079–1081 | Muslim | Navsari | Ibrahim. | Muslims stall. [1] |
1084–1094 | Muslim | Beyond Ganges. | Mahmud ibn Ibrahim | Powerful but valueless expeditionary probe [1] |
1099–1115 | Muslim | Kannauj | Hajib Tughatigin, Madanachandra | Massive raids and sieges after Hindu reconquest bring many marginal victories but Kannauj remains in the hands of the Hindu garrison. [1] |
1120–1124 | Muslim | Nagaur | Muhammed Bahlim | Massive penetration raid 300 miles south of Lahore. [1] |
1160–1175 | Hindu | Dhillika, Asika, Aryavarta | Vigraharaja | Major successes in counter-offensive [1] |
1170 | Hindu | Kannauj | Jayachandra | Hindus retake Kannauj [1] |
1170 | Muslim | Multan | Ghuri, Muslim ruler of Multan | Ghurid victory [1] |
1178 | Muslim | Nahrwalah | Ghuri | Siege fails [1] |
1178 | Muslim | Kayadara | Ghuri, Mularaja II | Major defeat for Ghurids [1] |
1179 | Muslim | Nadol | Ghuri | Major fort taken. [1] |
1182 | Muslim | Ghuri | Unknown | Muslims halted. |
1186 | Muslim | Lahore | Ghuri | Ghurids take Lahore from the Ghaznavids. [1] |
1191 | Muslim | Tabarhindah | Ghuri, Rai Kolah Pithora | Muslim victory ends Cahamen dynasty [1][ clarification needed] |
1191 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Chauhan victory [1] |
1191 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Chauhan victory [1] |
1192 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Ghurid victory [1] |
1192 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Ghurid victory [1] |
1193 | Muslim | Chandawar | Ghuri, Jaichand | Ghurid victory. [1] |
1202 | Muslim | Fort Kalinjar | Qutb al-Din, Rai Parmar | Fall of the fort ends independent Hindu dynasties of Kannauj [1] |
1203 | Muslim | Mahoba | Qutb al-Din | Capital of Kalpi province falls. [1] |
1205 | Muslim | Brahmaputra area | Muhammad ibn Bakhtyar | Major Muslim expedition to Tibet a failure. [1] |
1205 | Hindu | Fort Kalinjar | Chandelas | Fort recaptured. [1] |
1205 | Hindu | Between Lahore and Multan | Ghurid, Khokhars | Khokar rebellion put down by Ghurids [1] |
The table below lists the early Hindu-Muslim military conflicts in the Indian subcontinent. [1]
Muslim | Hindu |
( Color legend for aggressor)
Year | Aggressor | Location | Commander | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
636 | Muslim | Tanah, near Mumbai | Caliph Umar | Major Naval Raid [1] [2] |
c. 643 | Muslim | Debal | Arabs invaded Debal at the mouth of the Indus river [3] | |
650 | Muslim | Zaranj | Caliph Uthman | City of Zabul occupied by Muslims [1] |
660s | Muslim | Bust | Ibn Samarah | Bust occupied; Kabul garrisoned [1] |
670 | Hindu | Kabul | unknown | Hindus recapture Kabul [1] |
680 | Hindu | Kabul | Ratbil, Yazid ibn Ziyad | Hindu raiding parties harass Muslims [1] |
692 | Muslim | Bust | Abu Dulhah, Ratbil | Bust retaken by Muslim expedition [1] |
694 | Muslim | Kabul | Ibn Abi-Makrah, Ratbil | Major Muslim siege fails to retake Kabul [1] |
708 | Muslim | Sijistan | Qutaya ibn Muslim, Ratbil | Major punitive raid against Ratbil [1] |
710 | Muslim | Sri Lanka | Al-Hajjaj | Raid on island [1] |
711 | Muslim | Debal | Ubaidullah, Dahir | Ubaidullah killed by Dahir expedition failed
[1]
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712 | Muslim | Debal | Budail, Jaisiah (Hullishah) | Budail was killed and many Arabs taken prisoners raja Dahir was the king at that time [1] |
713 | Muslim | Multan | Muhammad ibn Qasim | Islamic conquest of urban Sindh completed [1] |
715 | Hindu | Alor | Hullishah, al-Muhallab | Hindu army retakes major city from Muslims. [1] |
715 | Hindu | Mehran | Hullishah, al-Muhallab | Muslims stall the Hindu counter-offensive [1] |
718 | Hindu | Brahmanabadh | Hullishah, al-Muhallab | Hindu attacks resume [1] |
721 | Muslim | Brahmanabadh | al-Muhallab, Hullishah | Hullishah becomes a Muslim, likely due to military reversals. [1] |
725 | Muslim | Avanti | Nagabhata I | Defeat of large expedition against Avanti. [1] |
724-740 | Muslim | Uzain, Mirmad, Dahnaj, others | Junayd of Sindh | Raiding India as part of Umayyad Hindu policy. [1] |
740 | Muslim | Chittor | Mauray of Chittor | Hindus repulse an Arab siege [1] |
743 | Muslim | al-Bailaman, al-Jurz | Junayd | Annexed by Muslims. [1] |
750 | Muslim | Vallabhi | Junayd of Sindh, Nagabhata I | Pratihara capital sacked in Muslim raid. [1] [4] [5] |
754-775 | Muslim | ar-Rukhraj, Kabul, Kandahar, Kashmir | Caliph Al-Mansur | Heavy raids and sieges but few annexations by Muslims [1] |
778 | Muslims | Barabad | Caliph Al-Mahdi | Muslim amphibious assault annihilated. [1] |
Late 770s | Muslim | Sijistan | Caliph Al-Mahdi | Raja of Sijistan made vassal of Caliphate. [1] |
780-787 | Muslim | Fort Tharra, Bagar, Bhaqmbur | Haji Abu Turab | Vigorous Muslim offensive captures several important Hindu outposts. [1] |
786-791 | Muslim | Kabul | Caliph ar-Rashid | Major Muslim siege effort fails. [1] |
800-810 | Hindu | Sindh border | Nagabhata II, Caliph Al-Amin | Several Muslim outposts fall to Pratihara incursions [1] |
810-820 | Muslim | Kabul | Caliph Al-Ma'mun, Nagabhata II | Kabul falls to Muslims, is then retaken by Hindus. [1] |
820-830 | Muslim | Fort Sindan | al-Fadl ibn Mahan | Sindan captured, but Hindu riots make pacification of Sindh impossible. [1] |
839 | Hindu | Fort Sindan | Mihira Bhoja | Hindus expel Muslim garrison. [1] |
845 | Hindu | Yavana | Dharmpala | Muslim principality becomes vassal of Pratiharas. [1] |
845-860 | Hindu | Pratihara-Sindh | Mihira Bhoja | Uneasy truce between Sindh and Rajputana. [1] |
860 | Hindu | Rajputana-Sindh | Kokkalla I | Kalachuri raids into Sindh to finance war with Pratihara kingdom [1] |
867 | Muslim | Herat | Yakub ibn Layth | Saffarid conquest [1] |
870 | Muslim | Kabul | Yakub ibn Layth, Lalliya Shahi | Saffarid conquest [1] |
880-900 | Muslim | Sijistan | Amr ibn Layth, Kamaluka Shahi | Frequent raids by Muslims. [1] |
903-905 | Hindu | Kabul region | Shahi dynasty | Disintegration of Saffarids allows major Hindu military achievements. [1] |
905-915 | Hindu | Multan region | Mahipala Pratihara | Series of major but unsuccessful Hindu sieges of Multan. [1] |
940-950 | Hindu | Multan region | Pratihara, Amir of Multan | Evidences of war and reprisals prior to the Qarmatian take-over. [1] |
c. 948-963 | Muslim | Alptigin | Punjab | Alptigin of Ghazni plunders Punjab several times. [6] |
963 | Muslim | Alptigin, Anuk Lawik | Fort Ghazni | Muslims take fort from Hindus. [1] |
965-973 | Muslim | Lamghan | Sabuktigin | Heavy raiding [1] |
973 | Hindu | Ghazna | Sabuktigin | Defeat of Hindu expedition. [1] |
973-991 | Muslim | Lamghan | Sabuktigin, Jayapala | Long series of engagements, eventual Muslim annexation of Lamghan [1] |
1001 | Muslim | Peshawar | Mahmud, Jayapala | Defeat of major Hindu confederation. [1] |
1004 | Muslim | Bhera | Mahmud, Bijay Ray | Muslims annex city [1] |
1005–1006 | Muslim | Multan | Mahmud, Fateh Daud | Siege successful, Daud agrees to pay tribute to Mahmud [1] |
1005–1008 | Muslim | Punjab | Mahmud, Anandapala | Enormous devastation by Muslim raids. [1] |
1009 | Muslim | Nagarkot | Mahmud | City razed [1] |
1009 | Muslim | Ohind | Mahmud, Anandapala | Ghaznavid victory [1] |
1013 | Muslim | Nandanah | Mahmud, Trilochanpala | City taken [1] |
1014 | Hindu | Tosi river | Mahmud, Trilochanpala | Muslims halted [1] |
1015 | Muslim | Lohkot ( Lahore) | Mahmud | Unsuccessful Muslim siege [1] |
1018 | Muslim | Kannauj and Baran | Mahmud | Two major Hindu capitals surrounded. [1] |
1021 | Muslim | Lohkot ( Lahore) | Mahmud | Second siege also fails [1] |
1022 | Muslim | Fort Gwalior | Mahmud, Nanda | Fort taken [1] |
1022 | Muslim | Fort Kalanjara | Mahmud, Nanda | Chandela fort stalls Muslim advance. [1] |
1025 | Muslim | Somnath | Mahmud | City taken. [1] |
1027 | Muslim | Indus Valley | Mahmud, Jats | Ghaznavid victory [1] |
1033 | Muslim | Saraswa, near Saharanpur | Masud | Ghaznavid siege successful [1] |
1033 | Muslim | Varanasi | Ahmed Nialtigin, Gangeyadeva | Major raid [1] [7] |
1037 | Muslim | Hansi (near Delhi) | Masud | Ghaznavid victory [1] |
1040 | Muslim | Thanesar | Mahmud, Tomara dynasty | Major city taken. [1] |
1044 | Hindu | Thanesar, Hansi, Kangra | Mahipal of Delhi | Grand counter offensive recaptures some ground. [1] |
1049 | Muslim | Thanesar, Hansi, Kangra | Bu'Ali Hasan | Mahipal forced to give up some reconquests [1] |
1052 | Muslim | Fort Kangra | Nushtigin Ghazni, Mahipala | Retaken by Muslims. [1] |
1060–1075 | Muslim | Rupal, Ajudhan, Buria, Sirhind, Dhangan, Fort Darah | Sultan Ibrahim | Muslim conquests. [1] |
1079–1081 | Muslim | Navsari | Ibrahim. | Muslims stall. [1] |
1084–1094 | Muslim | Beyond Ganges. | Mahmud ibn Ibrahim | Powerful but valueless expeditionary probe [1] |
1099–1115 | Muslim | Kannauj | Hajib Tughatigin, Madanachandra | Massive raids and sieges after Hindu reconquest bring many marginal victories but Kannauj remains in the hands of the Hindu garrison. [1] |
1120–1124 | Muslim | Nagaur | Muhammed Bahlim | Massive penetration raid 300 miles south of Lahore. [1] |
1160–1175 | Hindu | Dhillika, Asika, Aryavarta | Vigraharaja | Major successes in counter-offensive [1] |
1170 | Hindu | Kannauj | Jayachandra | Hindus retake Kannauj [1] |
1170 | Muslim | Multan | Ghuri, Muslim ruler of Multan | Ghurid victory [1] |
1178 | Muslim | Nahrwalah | Ghuri | Siege fails [1] |
1178 | Muslim | Kayadara | Ghuri, Mularaja II | Major defeat for Ghurids [1] |
1179 | Muslim | Nadol | Ghuri | Major fort taken. [1] |
1182 | Muslim | Ghuri | Unknown | Muslims halted. |
1186 | Muslim | Lahore | Ghuri | Ghurids take Lahore from the Ghaznavids. [1] |
1191 | Muslim | Tabarhindah | Ghuri, Rai Kolah Pithora | Muslim victory ends Cahamen dynasty [1][ clarification needed] |
1191 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Chauhan victory [1] |
1191 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Chauhan victory [1] |
1192 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Ghurid victory [1] |
1192 | Muslim | Tarain | Ghuri, Prithviraj Chauhan | Ghurid victory [1] |
1193 | Muslim | Chandawar | Ghuri, Jaichand | Ghurid victory. [1] |
1202 | Muslim | Fort Kalinjar | Qutb al-Din, Rai Parmar | Fall of the fort ends independent Hindu dynasties of Kannauj [1] |
1203 | Muslim | Mahoba | Qutb al-Din | Capital of Kalpi province falls. [1] |
1205 | Muslim | Brahmaputra area | Muhammad ibn Bakhtyar | Major Muslim expedition to Tibet a failure. [1] |
1205 | Hindu | Fort Kalinjar | Chandelas | Fort recaptured. [1] |
1205 | Hindu | Between Lahore and Multan | Ghurid, Khokhars | Khokar rebellion put down by Ghurids [1] |