Chola dynasty
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The Chola dynasty was a powerful South Indian Tamil royal lineage that ruled a vast maritime empire across southern India and Southeast Asia, renowned for its military conquests, temple architecture, and patronage of art and literature.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chola dynasty canonical | 40 |
| Chola Empire | 8 |
| Chola period | 8 |
| Chola kingdom | 3 |
| Chola | 2 |
| Cholas | 2 |
| Early Cholas | 2 |
| Chola Empire (later phase) | 1 |
| Chola Kingdom | 1 |
| Chola Nadu | 1 |
| Chola navy | 1 |
| Early Chola dynasty | 1 |
| Imperial Cholas | 1 |
| Later Cholas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1333368 — 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: Chola dynasty Context triple: [Srivijaya Empire, interactedWith, Chola dynasty]
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A.
Satavahana dynasty
The Satavahana dynasty was an ancient Indian ruling family that controlled large parts of the Deccan plateau, playing a key role in regional trade, culture, and the spread of Buddhism between roughly the 1st century BCE and 3rd century CE.
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B.
Nayakkar dynasty
The Nayakkar dynasty was a South Indian-origin royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka during its final centuries before British annexation.
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C.
Sena dynasty
The Sena dynasty was a medieval Hindu ruling family that established a powerful kingdom in Bengal, known for promoting Brahmanical culture, Sanskrit scholarship, and temple construction before the Muslim conquests in eastern India.
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D.
Sanjaya dynasty
The Sanjaya dynasty was an early Javanese royal line that ruled the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom and is noted for its Hindu Shaivite orientation and monumental temple constructions in Central Java.
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E.
Jadeja dynasty
The Jadeja dynasty was a Rajput ruling clan that established several princely states and long dominated parts of western India, particularly in present-day Gujarat.
- 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: Chola dynasty Target entity description: The Chola dynasty was a powerful South Indian Tamil royal lineage that ruled a vast maritime empire across southern India and Southeast Asia, renowned for its military conquests, temple architecture, and patronage of art and literature.
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A.
Satavahana dynasty
The Satavahana dynasty was an ancient Indian ruling family that controlled large parts of the Deccan plateau, playing a key role in regional trade, culture, and the spread of Buddhism between roughly the 1st century BCE and 3rd century CE.
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B.
Nayakkar dynasty
The Nayakkar dynasty was a South Indian-origin royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka during its final centuries before British annexation.
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C.
Sena dynasty
The Sena dynasty was a medieval Hindu ruling family that established a powerful kingdom in Bengal, known for promoting Brahmanical culture, Sanskrit scholarship, and temple construction before the Muslim conquests in eastern India.
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D.
Sanjaya dynasty
The Sanjaya dynasty was an early Javanese royal line that ruled the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom and is noted for its Hindu Shaivite orientation and monumental temple constructions in Central Java.
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E.
Jadeja dynasty
The Jadeja dynasty was a Rajput ruling clan that established several princely states and long dominated parts of western India, particularly in present-day Gujarat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chola dynasty Description of subject: The Chola dynasty was a powerful South Indian Tamil royal lineage that ruled a vast maritime empire across southern India and Southeast Asia, renowned for its military conquests, temple architecture, and patronage of art and literature.
Referenced by (72)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chola period
this entity surface form:
Cholas
this entity surface form:
Chola period
this entity surface form:
Chola Empire
subject surface form:
Kallanai
this entity surface form:
Early Chola dynasty
this entity surface form:
Chola period
subject surface form:
Medieval India
this entity surface form:
Chola Empire (later phase)
subject surface form:
Medieval India
this entity surface form:
Chola Empire
this entity surface form:
Chola Empire
this entity surface form:
Chola Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Chola Empire