Draft:List of Wars involving Bengal

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Ancient Bengal[edit]

The list below briefly entails the list of Conflicts Involving Anicent Bengal.

Dates	Conflicts	Bengalis (and allies)	Foreigners (and allies)	Locations	Result
c.(-1100 B.C.E - ?)	Anga Invasions of Bengal	Vanga Kingdom Rarh	Anga	Rajmahal	Defeat of the non aryan tribes of Vanga. Anga proper was located between the Champa river to the west and the Rajmahal hills to the east. However, at times, its territories did extend to the sea in the south, or included Magadha in the west.
c.(345-329 BCE)	Nanda Conquest of India	Nanda Empire Gangaridai	Shaishunaga dynasty Mahajanapadas	India	Victory of the Nandas. Nandas overthrow the Shaishunagas and conquers much of North India.
c. (520-530C.E)	Gopachandra's Conflict with Hunas	Vanga Kingdom Gupta Empire	Alchon Huns	Bengal	Victory of Gopachandra over the Hunas.

Gauda Kingdom[edit]

Dates	Conflicts	Bengalis (and allies)	Foreigners (and allies)	Locations	Result
c.(554 before 585)	Gupta - Gauda Conflicts	Gauda Kingdom	Later Gupta dynasty	Gauda	Gauda gets independence under Jayanaga.
c.(590?)	Jayanaga's Invasion of Magadha	Gauda Kingdom	Maukharis	Bihar	Jayanaga captures Magadha from the Maukharis.
c. (595-590 C.E)	Gauda Kamrup War	Gauda Kingdom	Varman dynasty	Assam	Victory of the Gaudas princes of Varman dynasty taken as POW.
C. (606 C.E)	Shashanka's Sack of Kannauj	Gauda Kingdom	Maukharis	Kannauj	Shashanka sacks Kannauj Rajyavardhana was killed by Shashanka
c.(606 C.E)	Harsha's Invasion of Kannauj	Gauda Kingdom	Pushyabhuti dynasty Thanesar Allies of Harsha.	Kannauj	Inconclusive Shashanka retreats from Kannauj The result of the battle was inconclusive as Shashanka is documented to have retained dominion over his lands.
c.(590 - 625 C.E)	Shashanka's Southern Campaigns	Gauda Kingdom	Kalinga , Vanga , and other central provinces	Odisha , Bangladesh	Gauda Kingdom annexes southern and eastern parts of Bengal as well as parts of Kalinga Shashanka during the end of his reign had an empire stretched from Vanga to Bhubaneswar while in the east, his kingdom bordered Kamarupa.
c.(606-625 C.E)	Siege of Karnasubarna	Gauda Kingdom	Pushyabhuti dynasty Varman dynasty	Karnasuvarna	Harsha's Invasion of Gauda Replused Harsha's General fled to Eastern Bengal.
c.(625-626 C.E)	Harsha's Final Invasion of Gauda	Gauda Kingdom	Pushyabhuti dynasty Varman dynasty	Karnasuvarna	Gauda annexed into the dominions of Harsha and Bhaskaravarman. Emperor Manava was deposed. Fall of the Gauda Kingdom.

Pala Empire[edit]

Dates	Conflicts	Bengalis (and allies)	Foreigners (and allies)	Locations	Result
c.(810-850)	Pala-Huna Conflict	Pala Empire	Hun Mandala	Central India	* Victory of the Palas According to the Monghyr Plate inscription, Devapala is known for expelling the race of the Hunas from the Hun Mandala.
c.1018 CE	First Pala - Ghaznavid Conflict	Pala Empire	Ghaznavids	Varanasi	Victory of the Palas. Ghaznavid possessions confined to Kannauj
c. 1033 CE	Second Pala - Ghaznavid Conflict	Pala Empire	Ghaznavids	Kashi	Victory of the Palas. Masʽud I of Ghazni was forced to flee from Kashi by the attack of the Pala army.