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{{short description|1565 battle in India}}
{{short description|1565 battle in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox military conflict
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Battle of Talikota
| conflict          = Battle of Talikota
| partof            = [[Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent]]
| partof            = Deccani–Vijayanagar wars
| image            =  
| image            = Battle of Talikota (detail).jpg
| caption          = Execution of [[Aliya Rama Raya]], by the ruler of the [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]]
| caption          = Battle of Talikota from Ta'rif-i Husain Shahi (Chronicle of Husain Shah), 16th century.
| date              = January 1565
| date              = 26 January 1565
| place            = Around [[Talikota]] in present day [[Karnataka]]
| place            = Around the villages of Rakkasagi and [[Tangadagi]] near [[Talikota]] in present-day [[Karnataka]]<ref>{{Citation|url=https://archive.org/details/K.A.NilakantaSastriBooks/K.%20A.%20Nilakanta%20Sastri/Further%20Source%20Of%20Vijayanagara%20History%20Vol%20I%201946%20/page/n278/mode/1up|pages=263–264|work=Further Sources of Vijayanagara History Vol 1|editor-last=Sastri|editor-first= K A Nilakanta|title=The battle of Rakkasagi-Tangadagi|date=6 January 2024 }}</ref>
| coordinates      =  
| coordinates      =  
| result            = [[Deccan Sultanates]] alliance victory
| result            = [[Deccan Sultanates]] alliance victory
*Sacking of [[Vijayanagara]]
| combatant1        = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.svg|border=}} [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Bijapur Sultanate.png|border=}} [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Bijapur Sultanate]]<br>{{flagicon image|Qutbshahi Flag.svg|border=}} [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Golconda Sultanate]]<br>[[Bidar Sultanate]]<br>{{flagicon image|Berar Sultanate Flag.png|border=}} [[Berar Sultanate]]
*Complete decline of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]
| combatant2        =  
| combatant1        = [[Deccan sultanates]]
[[Vijayanagara Empire]]
* [[File:"Alam" Flag of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.png|23px]] [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate]]
| commander1        = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.svg|border=}} [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]]<br>
* [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Bijapur Sultanate]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Bijapur Sultanate.png|border=}} [[Ali Adil Shah I]]<br>{{flagicon image|Qutbshahi Flag.svg|border=}} [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah|Ibrahim Qutb Shah]]<br>
* [[File:QutbshahiFlag.PNG|22px]] [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Golkonda Sultanate]]
[[Ali Barid Shah I]]<br>{{flagicon image|Berar Sultanate Flag.png|border=}} [[Burhan Imad Shah]]
* [[Bidar Sultanate]]
| commander2        = [[Rama Raya (statesman)|Rama Raya]]{{Executed}}<br>
| combatant2        = [[Vijayanagara Empire]]
Venkatadri{{KIA}}<br>[[Tirumala Deva Raya]]<br> Achutappa Nayak<br> Hande Malakappa Nayaka<ref>{{cite book |title=Madras District Gazetteers: Anantapur |publisher=Superintendent, Government Press, Madras |year=1905 |page=144 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.177159/page/144/mode/2up |language=English |quote= who was in turn followed by his son Malakappa. The latter was present at the battle of Talikota. Munro says that he was Diwan of Vijayanagar and that he afterwards submitted to the king of Bijapur.}}</ref><br>[[Pemmasani Erra Timmanayudu|Pemmasani Erra Timmanayudu]]{{KIA}}
| commander1        = *[[File:"Alam" Flag of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.png|23px]] [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]]
| Strength1        = Fewer than Vijayanagara
* [[Ali Adil Shah I]]
| Strength2        = 130,000
* [[File:QutbshahiFlag.PNG|22px]] [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali]]
| casualties1      = Significantly less
* [[Ali Barid Shah I]]
| casualties2      = Over 100,000<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fStuAAAAMAAJ |title=Vijayanagara, Progress of Research |date=1996 |publisher=Directorate of Archaeology & Museums |pages=200 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gokarn |first=Nitin R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6_lEAAAQBAJ&q=talikota+1565+rama+raya+was+killed+r |title=Gokarn Across Bharat: Gokarn Across Bharat: Pilgrimage Across the Sacred Land |date=2023-11-27 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5562-383-6 |language=en}}</ref>
| commander2        = *'''[[Aliya Rama Raya]]'''{{Executed}}
* Venkatadri{{KIA}}
* [[Tirumala Deva Raya]]
*Achutappa Nayak
| casualties1      =  
| casualties2      =  
| map_type          = Karnataka
| map_relief        = y
}}
}}
The '''Battle of Talikota''' (23 January 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] and an alliance of the [[Deccan sultanates]].<ref name=":0" /> The defeat of [[Aliya Rama Raya]] led to the eventual collapse of the polity and reconfigured Deccan politics.<ref name=":0" />  
The '''Battle of Talikota''' (23 January 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] and an alliance of the [[Deccan sultanates]].<ref name=":0" /> The defeat of [[Aliya Rama Raya]] led to the eventual collapse of the polity and reconfigured Deccan politics.<ref name=":0" />  
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