Ajanta cave inscriptions
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The Ajanta cave inscriptions are ancient epigraphic records in the rock-cut Buddhist caves at Ajanta that document royal patronage, religious life, and historical details of the Vakataka period in central India.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18886924 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ajanta cave inscriptions Context triple: [Vakataka dynasty, sourceOfEvidence, Ajanta cave inscriptions]
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Amoghapasa inscription
The Amoghapasa inscription is a 13th-century stone inscription from Sumatra that records a royal grant of a Buddhist statue and provides key evidence about the Dharmasraya kingdom and its ties to the Singhasari kingdom of Java.
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Hathigumpha inscription
The Hathigumpha inscription is a major ancient Prakrit rock inscription of King Kharavela, carved on a cave wall near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India, and valued for its detailed historical account of his reign and military campaigns.
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C.
Ashokan inscriptions
The Ashokan inscriptions are a series of edicts issued by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, carved on rocks and pillars across the Indian subcontinent to promote Buddhist ethics and moral governance.
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D.
Shivagrha inscription
The Shivagrha inscription is an important 9th-century Javanese stone inscription that records the construction and religious significance of the Prambanan (Śivagrha) temple complex under the Medang Mataram kingdom.
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E.
Mandsaur inscription
The Mandsaur inscription is a notable Gupta-era Sanskrit epigraph that records the reign and achievements of Emperor Kumaragupta I and provides valuable historical and cultural information about central India in the 5th century CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ajanta cave inscriptions Target entity description: The Ajanta cave inscriptions are ancient epigraphic records in the rock-cut Buddhist caves at Ajanta that document royal patronage, religious life, and historical details of the Vakataka period in central India.
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A.
Amoghapasa inscription
The Amoghapasa inscription is a 13th-century stone inscription from Sumatra that records a royal grant of a Buddhist statue and provides key evidence about the Dharmasraya kingdom and its ties to the Singhasari kingdom of Java.
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B.
Hathigumpha inscription
The Hathigumpha inscription is a major ancient Prakrit rock inscription of King Kharavela, carved on a cave wall near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India, and valued for its detailed historical account of his reign and military campaigns.
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C.
Ashokan inscriptions
The Ashokan inscriptions are a series of edicts issued by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, carved on rocks and pillars across the Indian subcontinent to promote Buddhist ethics and moral governance.
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D.
Shivagrha inscription
The Shivagrha inscription is an important 9th-century Javanese stone inscription that records the construction and religious significance of the Prambanan (Śivagrha) temple complex under the Medang Mataram kingdom.
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E.
Mandsaur inscription
The Mandsaur inscription is a notable Gupta-era Sanskrit epigraph that records the reign and achievements of Emperor Kumaragupta I and provides valuable historical and cultural information about central India in the 5th century CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
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