tle of Talikota (23 January 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and an alliance of the Deccan sultanates.[1] The defeat of Aliya Rama Raya led to the EVENTUAL collapse of the polity and reconfigured Deccan politics.[1]Battle of TalikotaPart of Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinentDate January 1565Location Around Talikota in present day KarnatakaResult Deccan Sultanates alliance victorySacking of VijayanagaraComplete decline of the Vijayanagara EmpireBelligerentsDeccan sultanates"Alam" Flag of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.png Ahmadnagar SultanateBijapur SultanateQutbshahiFlag.PNG Golkonda SultanateBidar SultanateVijayanagara EmpireCommanders and leaders"Alam" Flag of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.png Hussain Nizam Shah IAli Adil Shah IQutbshahiFlag.PNG Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah WaliAli Barid Shah IAliya Rama Raya‍ ExecutedVenkatadri †Tirumala Deva RayaAchutappa NayakBattle of Talikota is LOCATED in KarnatakaBattle of TalikotaLocation within KarnatakaThe 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.[2] Defeat is usually blamed on the gap in relative MILITARY prowess.[3][2] Orientalist and nationalist historians asserted of the battle to be a civilization-clash between Hindus and Muslims;[1][2] this view has since penetrated into the Hindutva discourse.[4] MODERN scholars UNANIMOUSLY reject such characterizations as fatally flawed.[5][4]