Chandragupta I
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Chandragupta I was an early 4th-century CE Indian monarch who initiated the rise of the Gupta dynasty, ushering in a classical "Golden Age" of ancient India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chandragupta I canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1517325 — 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: Chandragupta I Context triple: [Gupta Empire, founder, Chandragupta I]
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A.
Dasharatha Maurya
Dasharatha Maurya was a Mauryan emperor who succeeded Ashoka and ruled a gradually declining empire in the late 3rd century BCE.
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Bindusara
Bindusara was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty in ancient India, known for consolidating and expanding the vast empire established by his father Chandragupta Maurya.
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Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of one of ancient India’s largest and most powerful empires, ruling from Pataliputra and laying the foundations for the Mauryan dynasty’s political and administrative systems.
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Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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E.
Ashoka
Ashoka was a 3rd-century BCE Mauryan emperor of India renowned for his vast empire, conversion to Buddhism, and promotion of nonviolence and moral governance.
- 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: Chandragupta I Target entity description: Chandragupta I was an early 4th-century CE Indian monarch who initiated the rise of the Gupta dynasty, ushering in a classical "Golden Age" of ancient India.
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A.
Dasharatha Maurya
Dasharatha Maurya was a Mauryan emperor who succeeded Ashoka and ruled a gradually declining empire in the late 3rd century BCE.
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B.
Bindusara
Bindusara was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty in ancient India, known for consolidating and expanding the vast empire established by his father Chandragupta Maurya.
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C.
Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of one of ancient India’s largest and most powerful empires, ruling from Pataliputra and laying the foundations for the Mauryan dynasty’s political and administrative systems.
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D.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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E.
Ashoka
Ashoka was a 3rd-century BCE Mauryan emperor of India renowned for his vast empire, conversion to Buddhism, and promotion of nonviolence and moral governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gupta emperor
ⓘ
Indian monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alliance | marital alliance with the Lichchhavis ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Pataliputra ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gupta Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Gupta Golden Age
|
| capital | Pataliputra ⓘ |
| child | Samudragupta ⓘ |
| chronology | reign dated approximately to early 4th century CE ⓘ |
| coinage | issued joint coins with Kumaradevi ⓘ |
| coinIconography | depicted with Kumaradevi on some coins ⓘ |
| coinLegend | bore the title Maharajadhiraja on coins ⓘ |
| country | Gupta Empire ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Gupta Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Gupta dynasty
|
| era | early 4th century CE ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Indian ⓘ |
| expandedTerritory |
Magadha
ⓘ
surface form:
Magadha region
parts of present-day Bihar ⓘ parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| father | Ghatotkacha ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| grandfather | Sri Gupta ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical period of ancient India ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | semi-legendary due to limited contemporary records ⓘ |
| house | Gupta ⓘ |
| knownFor |
political consolidation in the Ganges valley
ⓘ
strengthening Gupta power through dynastic marriage ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of the founders of the Gupta imperial power ⓘ |
| notableFor |
initiating the rise of the Gupta Empire
ⓘ
laying foundations of the Gupta Golden Age ⓘ |
| politicalStrategy | use of marriage alliances to expand influence ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of the Gupta Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ghatotkacha ⓘ |
| predecessorInLine | Sri Gupta ⓘ |
| region | northern India ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 335 CE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 319 CE ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| royalHouseFounder | early imperial phase of the Gupta dynasty ⓘ |
| sourceType | known from inscriptions and coins ⓘ |
| spouse | Kumaradevi ⓘ |
| spouseDynasty | Lichchhavi dynasty ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Samudragupta ⓘ |
| successor | Samudragupta ⓘ |
| title | Maharajadhiraja ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chandragupta I Description of subject: Chandragupta I was an early 4th-century CE Indian monarch who initiated the rise of the Gupta dynasty, ushering in a classical "Golden Age" of ancient India.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.