Complex sentence: The Battle of Talikota (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 Southern India before the Maratha Empire.
Split into simpler sentences: The Battle of Talikota (26 January 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates. The Vijayanagara Empire was one of the largest Indian Empires originating from Southern India before the Maratha Empire.