Sri Gupta
E677765
Sri Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, regarded as the dynasty’s earliest known ruler and ancestor of later emperors like Chandragupta I and Samudragupta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sri Gupta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7639605 — 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: Sri Gupta Context triple: [Chandragupta I, grandfather, Sri Gupta]
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A.
Kumaragupta I
Kumaragupta I was a prominent 5th-century Gupta emperor of northern India, known for maintaining the empire’s stability and prosperity and for issuing extensive coinage.
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B.
Skandagupta
Skandagupta was a 5th-century Gupta emperor known for defending the empire against Hun invasions and overseeing its last major phase of strength before decline.
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C.
Prabhavatigupta
Prabhavatigupta was a prominent Gupta princess who became queen and regent of the Vakataka kingdom in central India during the 4th–5th centuries CE.
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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.
Vasugupta
Vasugupta was an influential early philosopher and sage of Kashmir Shaivism, traditionally credited with composing the foundational Shiva Sutras that shaped the school’s non-dual Shaiva theology.
- 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: Sri Gupta Target entity description: Sri Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, regarded as the dynasty’s earliest known ruler and ancestor of later emperors like Chandragupta I and Samudragupta.
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A.
Kumaragupta I
Kumaragupta I was a prominent 5th-century Gupta emperor of northern India, known for maintaining the empire’s stability and prosperity and for issuing extensive coinage.
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B.
Skandagupta
Skandagupta was a 5th-century Gupta emperor known for defending the empire against Hun invasions and overseeing its last major phase of strength before decline.
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C.
Prabhavatigupta
Prabhavatigupta was a prominent Gupta princess who became queen and regent of the Vakataka kingdom in central India during the 4th–5th centuries CE.
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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.
Vasugupta
Vasugupta was an influential early philosopher and sage of Kashmir Shaivism, traditionally credited with composing the foundational Shiva Sutras that shaped the school’s non-dual Shaiva theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder of dynasty
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historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Magadha (probable)
NERFINISHED
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eastern Uttar Pradesh–Bihar region (probable) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | North Indian ⓘ |
| dynasty | Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical age of India (early phase) ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| founderOf | Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCertainty | limited epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| historicalDebate |
exact dates of reign uncertain
ⓘ
extent of territory uncertain ⓘ |
| house | Gupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being ancestor of Chandragupta I
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being ancestor of Samudragupta ⓘ establishing the Gupta ruling line ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy | laid foundations for later Gupta imperial expansion ⓘ |
| name | Sri Gupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
feudatory ruler (probable)
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local ruler ⓘ |
| precededBy | local post-Kushan polities ⓘ |
| predecessorDynasty | Kushan Empire (regional context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | ancient India ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chandragupta I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghatotkacha NERFINISHED ⓘ Samudragupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | earliest known ruler of the Gupta dynasty ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Puranic genealogies
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inscriptions of later Gupta rulers ⓘ |
| successor | Ghatotkacha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 4th century CE
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late 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| title | Maharaja ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sri Gupta Description of subject: Sri Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, regarded as the dynasty’s earliest known ruler and ancestor of later emperors like Chandragupta I and Samudragupta.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.