Battle of Peshawar (1001)

Battle of Peshawar
Part of the Ghaznavid campaigns in India
Date 27 November 1001 Location Peshawar 34°00′52″N 71°34′03″E / 34.01444°N 71.56750°E / 34.01444; 71.56750 Result Ghaznavid victory Territorial changes Peshawar and much of Gandhara captured by the Ghaznavids.
Belligerents
Ghaznavid Empire	Hindu Shahi
Commanders and leaders
Mahmud of Ghazni	Jayapala (POW)
Strength
15,000 cavalry	12,000 cavalry 30000 infantry 300 elephants
Battle of Peshawar class=notpageimage| Location within South Asia Show map of South Asia Battle of Peshawar Battle of Peshawar (Gandhara) Show map of Gandhara

The Battle of Peshawar was fought on 27 November 1001 between the Ghaznavid army of Mahmud of Ghazni and the Hindu Shahi army of Jayapala, near Peshawar. Jayapala was defeated and captured, and as a result of the humiliation of the defeat, he later immolated himself in a funeral pyre. This is the first of many major battles in the expansion of the Ghaznavid Empire into the Indian subcontinent by Mahmud.