List of battles involving the Mughal Empire

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This article lists the battles involving the Mughal Empire of India from its formation in 1526 until its dissolution 1857.

The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur (reigned 1526–1530), a Central Asian ruler who was descended from the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (the founder of the Timurid Empire) on his father's side, and from Genghis Khan on his mother's side, Ousted from his ancestral domains in Central Asia, Babur headed to India to satisfy his ambitions. He established himself in Kabul and then pushed steadily southward into India from Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass. Babur's forces defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat. However, by this time Lodhi's empire was already crumbling, and it was actually the Rajput Confederacy which was the strongest power of Northern India under the capable rule of Rana Sanga of Mewar. He defeated Babar in the Battle of Bayana. In a decisive battle fought near Agra, the Timurid forces of Babur defeated the Rajput army of Sanga In Battle of Khanwa.^[1] This battle was one of the most decisive and historic battles in Indian history, as it sealed the fate of Northern India for the next two centuries. The Mughal Empire came to its greatest extent during the reign of Aurangzeb.

• List of wars involving the Mughal Empire
• List of battles of Rajasthan

• Elliot (Sir), H. M. (1966). History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: Vol 5: the Muhammadan Period. AMS Press.
• Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1889). The History of India: The Hindú and Mahometan Periods. J. Murray.