Gandhari Prakrit
E22083
Gandhari Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of northwestern South Asia, known from Buddhist texts and inscriptions written in the Kharoṣṭhī script.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandhari Prakrit canonical | 5 |
| Gandhari language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T176283 — 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: Gandhari Prakrit Context triple: [Tocharian languages, arealContactWith, Gandhari Prakrit]
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A.
Maithili
Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the eastern Indian state of Bihar and neighboring regions, with a rich literary tradition and official recognition in India.
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B.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit is an ancient Indo-Aryan language of India, foundational to Hindu religious texts and classical Indian literature, and a key source for many modern South Asian languages.
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C.
Gujarati
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat and by Gujarati communities worldwide.
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D.
Sindhi
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.
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E.
Saraiki
Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in central and southern Pakistan, especially in the southern Punjab region.
- 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: Gandhari Prakrit Target entity description: Gandhari Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of northwestern South Asia, known from Buddhist texts and inscriptions written in the Kharoṣṭhī script.
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A.
Maithili
Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the eastern Indian state of Bihar and neighboring regions, with a rich literary tradition and official recognition in India.
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B.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit is an ancient Indo-Aryan language of India, foundational to Hindu religious texts and classical Indian literature, and a key source for many modern South Asian languages.
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C.
Gujarati
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat and by Gujarati communities worldwide.
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D.
Sindhi
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.
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E.
Saraiki
Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in central and southern Pakistan, especially in the southern Punjab region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ historical language ⓘ |
| associatedScript |
Kharoṣṭhī script
ⓘ
surface form:
Kharoṣṭhī
|
| associatedWith |
Gandhara civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandharan Buddhism
Gandhara civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Gandharan art
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Pali
ⓘ
other northwestern Prakrits ⓘ |
| era | Middle Indo-Aryan period ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Middle Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
surface form:
Early New Indo-Aryan
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Iranian languages
ⓘ
local northwestern substrates ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | Middle Indo-Aryan simplification of inflection ⓘ |
| notableCorpus |
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts
ⓘ
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhari scrolls
|
| partOf |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | retention of certain Old Indo-Aryan consonant clusters ⓘ |
| precededBy | Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| region |
northwestern India
ⓘ
present-day eastern Afghanistan ⓘ present-day northern Pakistan ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Buddhism ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gandhara civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhara region
northwestern South Asia ⓘ |
| stageOf | Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Buddhist studies
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan historical linguistics ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Prakrit
ⓘ
surface form:
Prakrit language
|
| timePeriod | circa 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Buddhist monastic communities
ⓘ
scribes in Gandhara ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist canonical literature
ⓘ
Buddhist scholastic texts ⓘ administrative records ⓘ donative inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingMaterial |
birch bark
ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ palm leaf ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gandhari Prakrit Description of subject: Gandhari Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of northwestern South Asia, known from Buddhist texts and inscriptions written in the Kharoṣṭhī script.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gandhari language