Mahapadma Nanda
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Mahapadma Nanda was the founder of the Nanda dynasty and an ancient Indian monarch known for establishing a powerful, centralized empire in northern India before the rise of the Mauryas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mahapadma Nanda canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6227992 — 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: Mahapadma Nanda Context triple: [Magadha, ruler, Mahapadma Nanda]
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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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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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C.
Ajātaśatru
Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
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Ajatashatru
Ajatashatru is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central, dharma-abiding king in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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E.
Jarāsandha
Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
- 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: Mahapadma Nanda Target entity description: Mahapadma Nanda was the founder of the Nanda dynasty and an ancient Indian monarch known for establishing a powerful, centralized empire in northern India before the rise of the Mauryas.
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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.
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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C.
Ajātaśatru
Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
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D.
Ajatashatru
Ajatashatru is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central, dharma-abiding king in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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E.
Jarāsandha
Jarāsandha is a powerful and tyrannical king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata, known as the ruler of Magadha and a formidable enemy of the Pāṇḍavas and Krishna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nanda ruler
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ancient Indian monarch ⓘ founder of dynasty ⓘ king ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
pre-Mauryan period
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rise of Magadha as a major imperial power ⓘ |
| capital | Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | first Nanda ruler ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | punch-marked coins ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Nanda dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | destroyer of all Kshatriyas ⓘ |
| era | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| expandedInto |
Avanti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalinga NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosala NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ Panchala NERFINISHED ⓘ Videha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Mahanandin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderOf | Nanda dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing a powerful centralized empire in northern India
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extensive territorial expansion of Magadha ⓘ overthrowing the Shishunaga dynasty ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Magadhi Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Mahabodhivamsa
NERFINISHED
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Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Mahanandin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignOver |
Magadha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanda Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sourceType | ancient Indian literary traditions ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Nanda kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Dhana Nanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Sarvakshatrantaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahapadma Nanda Description of subject: Mahapadma Nanda was the founder of the Nanda dynasty and an ancient Indian monarch known for establishing a powerful, centralized empire in northern India before the rise of the Mauryas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.