Chera dynasty
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The Chera dynasty was an ancient Tamil ruling family that controlled large parts of the Malabar Coast and inland South India, playing a major role in early South Indian trade and politics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chera dynasty canonical | 6 |
| Chera | 2 |
| Chera country | 1 |
| Chera kingdom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1409614 — 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: Chera dynasty Context triple: [South India, historicalDynasty, Chera dynasty]
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A.
Chola dynasty
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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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.
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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D.
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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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: Chera dynasty Target entity description: The Chera dynasty was an ancient Tamil ruling family that controlled large parts of the Malabar Coast and inland South India, playing a major role in early South Indian trade and politics.
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A.
Chola dynasty
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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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.
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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D.
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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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 (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chera dynasty Description of subject: The Chera dynasty was an ancient Tamil ruling family that controlled large parts of the Malabar Coast and inland South India, playing a major role in early South Indian trade and politics.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chera kingdom
this entity surface form:
Chera
this entity surface form:
Chera
subject surface form:
Ancient Tamilakam
this entity surface form:
Chera country