Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE
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The Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE was a famous expedition by Mahmud of Ghazni in which he attacked and looted the wealthy Somnath temple on the western coast of India, becoming a symbol of both his military prowess and the era’s religiously charged conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14491200 — 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: Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE Context triple: [Bhima I, associatedWithEvent, Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE]
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A.
Umayyad conquest of Sindh
The Umayyad conquest of Sindh was an early 8th-century Arab military campaign that brought parts of the northwestern Indian subcontinent under the control of the Umayyad Caliphate, marking the beginning of sustained Muslim rule in the region.
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B.
Sack of Lahore (1241)
The Sack of Lahore (1241) was a devastating Mongol raid in which the city of Lahore was captured, plundered, and largely destroyed during the early phase of Mongol incursions into the Indian subcontinent.
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C.
Mughal conquest of Sindh
The Mughal conquest of Sindh was the late 16th-century campaign in which the Mughal Empire defeated the local rulers and incorporated the Sindh region into its expanding dominions in South Asia.
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D.
Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025
The Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 was a major South Indian naval campaign that attacked and plundered key Srivijayan ports, disrupting its dominance over maritime trade routes in Southeast Asia.
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E.
Mongol conquest of the Ghurid territories
The Mongol conquest of the Ghurid territories was a series of early 13th-century campaigns in which the Mongol Empire overran and absorbed lands formerly controlled by the Ghurid dynasty in Central and South Asia.
- 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: Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE Target entity description: The Ghaznavid raid on Somnath in 1025 CE was a famous expedition by Mahmud of Ghazni in which he attacked and looted the wealthy Somnath temple on the western coast of India, becoming a symbol of both his military prowess and the era’s religiously charged conflicts.
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A.
Umayyad conquest of Sindh
The Umayyad conquest of Sindh was an early 8th-century Arab military campaign that brought parts of the northwestern Indian subcontinent under the control of the Umayyad Caliphate, marking the beginning of sustained Muslim rule in the region.
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B.
Sack of Lahore (1241)
The Sack of Lahore (1241) was a devastating Mongol raid in which the city of Lahore was captured, plundered, and largely destroyed during the early phase of Mongol incursions into the Indian subcontinent.
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C.
Mughal conquest of Sindh
The Mughal conquest of Sindh was the late 16th-century campaign in which the Mughal Empire defeated the local rulers and incorporated the Sindh region into its expanding dominions in South Asia.
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D.
Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025
The Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 was a major South Indian naval campaign that attacked and plundered key Srivijayan ports, disrupting its dominance over maritime trade routes in Southeast Asia.
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E.
Mongol conquest of the Ghurid territories
The Mongol conquest of the Ghurid territories was a series of early 13th-century campaigns in which the Mongol Empire overran and absorbed lands formerly controlled by the Ghurid dynasty in Central and South Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bhima I