Arrian’s Indica
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Arrian’s *Indica* is an ancient Greek historical and ethnographic work that describes India and the voyage of Alexander the Great’s admiral Nearchus along the Indian Ocean.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15182255 — 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: Arrian’s Indica Context triple: [Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander, relatedWork, Arrian’s Indica]
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Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander is a major classical historical work that provides one of the most detailed and influential accounts of Alexander the Great’s life and military campaigns.
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B.
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a mid-1st-century CE Greek navigational and trading manual that describes the ports, peoples, and commerce of the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean regions.
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C.
Relectio de Indis
Relectio de Indis is a foundational 16th-century theological-legal treatise that helped establish principles of international law and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the context of Spanish colonial expansion.
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D.
Periplus of the Euxine Sea
Periplus of the Euxine Sea is an ancient Greek navigational and geographical account of the Black Sea region traditionally attributed to the historian and military commander Arrian of Nicomedia.
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E.
Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind
Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind is Al-Biruni’s pioneering 11th-century study of Indian religion, philosophy, science, and culture, regarded as one of the earliest comprehensive works of comparative religion and Indology.
- 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: Arrian’s Indica Target entity description: Arrian’s *Indica* is an ancient Greek historical and ethnographic work that describes India and the voyage of Alexander the Great’s admiral Nearchus along the Indian Ocean.
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A.
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander is a major classical historical work that provides one of the most detailed and influential accounts of Alexander the Great’s life and military campaigns.
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B.
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a mid-1st-century CE Greek navigational and trading manual that describes the ports, peoples, and commerce of the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean regions.
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C.
Relectio de Indis
Relectio de Indis is a foundational 16th-century theological-legal treatise that helped establish principles of international law and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the context of Spanish colonial expansion.
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D.
Periplus of the Euxine Sea
Periplus of the Euxine Sea is an ancient Greek navigational and geographical account of the Black Sea region traditionally attributed to the historian and military commander Arrian of Nicomedia.
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E.
Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind
Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind is Al-Biruni’s pioneering 11th-century study of Indian religion, philosophy, science, and culture, regarded as one of the earliest comprehensive works of comparative religion and Indology.
- F. None of above. chosen
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