Complex sentence: The City of Vadodara aptly described by a medieval Jain writer as a "Tilak on the Brove of Lata" was a nodal center of the coastal plain of Gujarat.
Split into simpler sentences: The City of Vadodara was described by a medieval Jain writer as a "Tilak on the Brove of Lata". It was a nodal center of the coastal plain of Gujarat.