Battle of Talikota

Battle of Talikota
	Part of Deccan Sultanates–Vijayanagara conflicts
	; Battle of Talikota from Ta'rif-i Husain Shahi (Chronicle of Husain Shah), 16th century.
Date	23 January 1565
Location	Around the Villages of Rakkasagi and Tangadagi near Talikota in present-day Karnataka
Result	Deccan Sultanates alliance victory
Belligerents
Deccan sultanates Ahmadnagar Sultanate; Bijapur Sultanate; Golkonda Sultanate; Bidar Sultanate; Berar Sultanate;	Vijayanagara Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hussain Nizam Shah I; Ali Adil Shah I; Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali; Ali Barid Shah I; Burhan Imad Shah;	Rama Raya ; Venkatadri †; Tirumala Deva Raya; Achutappa Nayak; Kempegowda (Benagluru Nada Prabhu)
	Location within Karnataka

The Battle of Talikota, also known as that of Rakkasagi–Tangadagi, (23 January 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and an alliance of the Deccan sultanates. Despite the Vijayanagara army being larger, they were comprehensively defeated. The battle resulted in the defeat and death of Rama Raya, the de facto ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, which led to the immediate collapse of the Vijayanagara polity and reconfigured South Indian and Deccan politics.

The specific details of the battle and its immediate aftermath are notoriously difficult to reconstruct in light of the distinctly contrarian narratives present across primary sources. Defeat is usually blamed on the gap in relative military prowess. Orientalist and nationalist historians claimed the battle as part of a clash of civilizations between Hindus and Muslims; Contemporary scholars reject such characterizations as flawed.

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