Battle of Talikota
E457040
The Battle of Talikota was a decisive 1565 conflict in southern India in which a coalition of Deccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, leading to its rapid decline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Talikota canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4646477 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Talikota Context triple: [Deccan sultanates, notableEvent, Battle of Talikota]
-
A.
Battle of Palkhed
The Battle of Palkhed was a 1728 conflict in western India in which the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I decisively defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad, consolidating Maratha power in the Deccan.
-
B.
Battle of Chandannagar
The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.
-
C.
Battle of Haldighati
The Battle of Haldighati was a 1576 clash between the forces of Mewar under Maharana Pratap and the Mughal Empire, remembered as a symbol of Rajput resistance against Mughal expansion in India.
-
D.
Battle of Khanwa
The Battle of Khanwa was a decisive 1527 conflict in northern India in which Mughal ruler Babur defeated the Rajput confederacy under Rana Sanga, consolidating Mughal power in the region.
-
E.
Battle of Sinhagad
The Battle of Sinhagad was a pivotal 1670 conflict in which Maratha forces under Tanaji Malusare recaptured the strategic Sinhagad Fort from the Mughals, becoming a celebrated symbol of Maratha valor and sacrifice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Talikota Target entity description: The Battle of Talikota was a decisive 1565 conflict in southern India in which a coalition of Deccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, leading to its rapid decline.
-
A.
Battle of Palkhed
The Battle of Palkhed was a 1728 conflict in western India in which the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I decisively defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad, consolidating Maratha power in the Deccan.
-
B.
Battle of Chandannagar
The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.
-
C.
Battle of Haldighati
The Battle of Haldighati was a 1576 clash between the forces of Mewar under Maharana Pratap and the Mughal Empire, remembered as a symbol of Rajput resistance against Mughal expansion in India.
-
D.
Battle of Khanwa
The Battle of Khanwa was a decisive 1527 conflict in northern India in which Mughal ruler Babur defeated the Rajput confederacy under Rana Sanga, consolidating Mughal power in the region.
-
E.
Battle of Sinhagad
The Battle of Sinhagad was a pivotal 1670 conflict in which Maratha forces under Tanaji Malusare recaptured the strategic Sinhagad Fort from the Mughals, becoming a celebrated symbol of Maratha valor and sacrifice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Rakshasa-Tangadi ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Ahmadnagar Sultanate
ⓘ
Berar Sultanate ⓘ Bidar Sultanate ⓘ Bijapur Sultanate ⓘ Golconda Sultanate ⓘ Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| cause |
competition for control of the Raichur Doab
ⓘ
rivalry between Vijayanagara Empire and Deccan sultanates ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
coalition of Deccan sultanates
ⓘ
linked to:
Deccan sultanates
|
| commander |
Ali Adil Shah I
ⓘ
Aliya Rama Raya ⓘ Hussain Nizam Shah I ⓘ Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali ⓘ
linked to:
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
Tirumala Deva Raya ⓘ |
| conflictType | pitched field battle ⓘ |
| consequence |
destruction of Vijayanagara’s capital Hampi
ⓘ
rapid decline of the Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ sack of Vijayanagara city ⓘ shift of Vijayanagara court to Penukonda ⓘ |
| date | 1565-01-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy | fragmentation of Vijayanagara territories ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
late medieval India ⓘ |
| location |
Talikota
ⓘ
near the Krishna River ⓘ present-day Karnataka, India ⓘ |
| notableEvent | capture and execution of Aliya Rama Raya ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of the Deccan sultanates
ⓘ
history of the Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | long-standing frontier conflicts in the Raichur Doab ⓘ |
| region |
Deccan
ⓘ
linked to:
Deccan Plateau
|
| religiousContext | Hindu Vijayanagara Empire versus mostly Muslim Deccan sultanates ⓘ |
| result |
decisive victory for the Deccan sultanates
ⓘ
defeat of the Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| significance |
altered the political balance of power in the Deccan
ⓘ
marked the end of Vijayanagara dominance in South India ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
South Indian military history
ⓘ
history of early modern India ⓘ |
| weaponry |
artillery
ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ war elephants ⓘ |
| year | 1565 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Battle of Talikota Description of subject: The Battle of Talikota was a decisive 1565 conflict in southern India in which a coalition of Deccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, leading to its rapid decline.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.