The Battle of Talikota (Kannada: ತಾಳೀಕೋಟೆಯ ಯುದ್ಧ, Telugu: తళ్ళికోట యుద్ధము) (26 January 1565), a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, resulted in a defeat of Vijayanagara, and ended in greatly weakening one of the greatest Indian Empires originating from the South before the Marathas.