Complex sentence: Apart from fights with lions in captivity, Bengal tigers had coexisted with Asiatic lions in the wilderness of India, or what is now the Indian subcontinent, and clashes between them had been reported, before humans extirpated lions or tigers in a number of places.
Split into simpler sentences: Apart from fights with lions in captivity, Bengal tigers had coexisted with Asiatic lions in India. Clashes between them had been reported, before humans extirpated lions or tigers in a number of places.