Madhavagupta
E677772
Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madhavagupta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7639674 — 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: Madhavagupta Context triple: [Later Guptas, hasRuler, Madhavagupta]
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A.
Bhaskararaya
Bhaskararaya was an 18th-century Hindu scholar and authority on Shakta Tantra, renowned for his influential and detailed commentaries on key devotional and philosophical texts.
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B.
Varahamihira
Varahamihira was a renowned 6th-century Indian astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician whose works, such as the Brihat Samhita, became foundational texts in classical Indian science.
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C.
Anandavardhana
Anandavardhana was a 9th-century Kashmiri literary theorist best known for formulating the influential dhvani (suggestion) theory of poetics, which reshaped classical Indian aesthetics.
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D.
Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
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E.
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was a pioneering 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer renowned for formalizing rules for zero, negative numbers, and solving quadratic equations.
- 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: Madhavagupta Target entity description: Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
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A.
Bhaskararaya
Bhaskararaya was an 18th-century Hindu scholar and authority on Shakta Tantra, renowned for his influential and detailed commentaries on key devotional and philosophical texts.
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B.
Varahamihira
Varahamihira was a renowned 6th-century Indian astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician whose works, such as the Brihat Samhita, became foundational texts in classical Indian science.
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C.
Anandavardhana
Anandavardhana was a 9th-century Kashmiri literary theorist best known for formulating the influential dhvani (suggestion) theory of poetics, which reshaped classical Indian aesthetics.
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D.
Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
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E.
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was a pioneering 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer renowned for formalizing rules for zero, negative numbers, and solving quadratic equations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Later Gupta ruler
ⓘ
human ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gupta cultural traditions ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation |
later than Kumaragupta II
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later than Skandagupta ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countryRuled | parts of northern India ⓘ |
| culture |
Brahmanical
ⓘ
Indian ⓘ |
| dynasty | Later Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-Gupta era ⓘ |
| follows | Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early medieval India ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | represents continuity of Gupta lineage in post-imperial period ⓘ |
| knownFor | ruling after the decline of the classical Gupta Empire ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Later Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | post-Gupta period ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | regional ruler ⓘ |
| predecessorDynasty | classical Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Later Gupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory |
Magadha region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| successorStateOf | Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Maharaja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
king ⓘ |
| usesScript | Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madhavagupta Description of subject: Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.