Mohenjo-daro
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Mohenjo-daro is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city in present-day Pakistan, renowned for its advanced urban planning, architecture, and archaeological significance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mohenjo-daro canonical | 13 |
| Mohenjo-daro archaeological site | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site Mohenjo-daro | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T613739 — 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: Mohenjo-daro Context triple: [Sindh, historicalSite, Mohenjo-daro]
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A.
Indus Valley
The Indus Valley was the cradle of one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations, known for its advanced city planning, drainage systems, and extensive trade networks in what is now Pakistan and northwest India.
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B.
Trowulan
Trowulan is an archaeological site in East Java, Indonesia, believed to be the former royal city and cultural center of the Majapahit Empire.
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C.
Alexandria on the Indus
Alexandria on the Indus was an ancient Hellenistic city in the Indus River region, established during Alexander the Great’s campaign in South Asia as a strategic military and administrative center.
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D.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient Mesopotamian city-state and imperial capital renowned for its monumental architecture, advanced culture, and central role in Near Eastern history and biblical tradition.
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E.
Nippur
Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
- 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: Mohenjo-daro Target entity description: Mohenjo-daro is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city in present-day Pakistan, renowned for its advanced urban planning, architecture, and archaeological significance.
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A.
Indus Valley
The Indus Valley was the cradle of one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations, known for its advanced city planning, drainage systems, and extensive trade networks in what is now Pakistan and northwest India.
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B.
Trowulan
Trowulan is an archaeological site in East Java, Indonesia, believed to be the former royal city and cultural center of the Majapahit Empire.
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C.
Alexandria on the Indus
Alexandria on the Indus was an ancient Hellenistic city in the Indus River region, established during Alexander the Great’s campaign in South Asia as a strategic military and administrative center.
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D.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient Mesopotamian city-state and imperial capital renowned for its monumental architecture, advanced culture, and central role in Near Eastern history and biblical tradition.
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E.
Nippur
Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indus Valley Civilization site
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedInPeriod | after 1900 BCE ⓘ |
| civilization |
Indus Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus Valley Civilization
|
| conservationStatus | at risk from deterioration ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | R. D. Banerji ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| elevation | mound above surrounding plain ⓘ |
| era | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Ernest J. H. Mackay
ⓘ
John Marshall ⓘ K. N. Dikshit ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | c. 2600–1900 BCE ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | c. 2600 BCE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
assembly hall
ⓘ
covered drains ⓘ granary ⓘ platforms and streets on cardinal axes ⓘ private bathrooms ⓘ public wells ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National heritage site of Pakistan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Great Bath
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Indus script inscriptions ⓘ advanced drainage system ⓘ baked brick architecture ⓘ bronze statuettes ⓘ citadel mound ⓘ craft production ⓘ grid-pattern street layout ⓘ lower town residential area ⓘ standardized weights and measures ⓘ steatite seals ⓘ terracotta figurines ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pakistan
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Sindh ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Indus River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indus Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus Valley Civilization
|
| region | Larkana District ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
environmental degradation
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salinity ⓘ waterlogging ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria |
(ii)
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(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1980 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mohenjo-daro Description of subject: Mohenjo-daro is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city in present-day Pakistan, renowned for its advanced urban planning, architecture, and archaeological significance.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mohenjo-daro archaeological site
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Mohenjo-daro
this entity surface form:
Mohenjo-daro archaeological site