Talikota

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Talikota

Town in the Muddebihal taluka of Bijapur District, Bombay, situated in i6° 28" N. and 76° 19' E. Population (1901), 6,610. There is a local industry in superior carpets or jajams. The celebrated battle of Talikota was fought on the right bank of the Kistna, about 30 miles south of the town, on January 23, 1565, in which the power of the Hindu empire of Vijayanagar was destroyed by a confederacy of the Musalman Sultans of the Deccan. The battle was named after I'alikota, as it was the place from which the allies marched to meet the Vijayanagar army. About 1750 the third Peshwa gave the town as a saranjam estate to his wife's brother, Rastia, who built the markets called Anandrao and Kailas Pyati. On the fall of the Peshwa in 1818, Rastia made Talikota his head-quarters and built the present mansion, two mosques, and a temple of Siva. The Jama Masjid is a ruined building with Jain pillars. A modern mosque is called Panch Pir, as it contains five tombs said to belong to five officers of the Delhi army. The tombs are venerated by both Hindus and Musalmans, the Hindus referring them to the Pandavas, probably on account of their number. The temple of Siva is old, and contains a lingam and some Jain images. Slates are found in the bed of the river.