Palibothra
E601749
Palibothra is the ancient Greek name for Pataliputra, the historic capital city of several major Indian empires located near modern-day Patna in Bihar, India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palibothra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6604506 — 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: Palibothra Context triple: [Pataliputra, GreekName, Palibothra]
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A.
Benthesikyme
Benthesikyme is a minor sea goddess in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Poseidon.
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B.
Chthonopatra
Chthonopatra is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a daughter of the Athenian king Amphictyon.
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C.
Teurnia
Teurnia was an important ancient Roman city that served as a major administrative and cultural center in the province of Noricum, located in what is now southern Austria.
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D.
Thargelion
Thargelion was a spring month in the ancient Attic calendar, roughly corresponding to parts of May and June in the modern Gregorian calendar.
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E.
Melipal
Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.
- 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: Palibothra Target entity description: Palibothra is the ancient Greek name for Pataliputra, the historic capital city of several major Indian empires located near modern-day Patna in Bihar, India.
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A.
Benthesikyme
Benthesikyme is a minor sea goddess in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Poseidon.
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B.
Chthonopatra
Chthonopatra is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a daughter of the Athenian king Amphictyon.
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C.
Teurnia
Teurnia was an important ancient Roman city that served as a major administrative and cultural center in the province of Noricum, located in what is now southern Austria.
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D.
Thargelion
Thargelion was a spring month in the ancient Attic calendar, roughly corresponding to parts of May and June in the modern Gregorian calendar.
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E.
Melipal
Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
historical place ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Ashoka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bindusara NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandragupta Maurya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Gupta Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magadha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedBy | riverine trade routes ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Pataliputra in Sanskrit sources ⓘ |
| describedBy | Megasthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestEvidence | Greek historical accounts ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
3rd century BCE
ⓘ
4th century BCE ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Gupta administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mauryan administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GreekNameOf | Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Indo-Greek contacts ⓘ |
| hasModernEquivalent | Patna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Palibotra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palimbothra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | major imperial capital ⓘ |
| knownFromSource |
Arrian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Megasthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownInLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Hellenistic knowledge of India ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bihar
ⓘ
India ⓘ Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Indica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernArchaeologicalCorrelation | sites in and around Patna ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fortifications
ⓘ
royal palaces ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| partOf | Gangetic plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
administrative center
ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ political capital ⓘ |
| situatedNear |
Patna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Son River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Megasthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Palibothra Description of subject: Palibothra is the ancient Greek name for Pataliputra, the historic capital city of several major Indian empires located near modern-day Patna in Bihar, India.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.