Second Battle of Panipat (1556)
On 5 November 1556, Akbar’s army under his regent Bairam Khan met Samrat Hemu Vikramaditya’s host at Panipat and won ...
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First Battle of Panipat (1526)
On 21 April 1526, Babur’s compact, composite army met and decisively defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi’s numerically superior host on the ...
Timur’s Invasion of Delhi (1398)
Timur’s 1398–1399 invasion culminated in the sack of Delhi, where organized massacre, mass enslavement, and systematic plunder devastated the city, ...
Reign of Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya (r. c. 321–297 BCE) overthrew the Nandas, unified much of the subcontinent, and established the Mauryan Empire with ...
