King Valagamba
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King Valagamba was an ancient Sri Lankan monarch of Anuradhapura, known for restoring the kingdom after South Indian invasions and for his significant patronage of Buddhism and monastic institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Valagamba canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22594745 — 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: King Valagamba Context triple: [Abhayagiri Dagaba, foundedBy, King Valagamba]
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A.
King Mahasena
King Mahasena was a 4th-century Sri Lankan monarch known for his extensive religious reforms, large-scale irrigation works, and controversial patronage of non-Theravada Buddhist sects.
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B.
King Mayadunne
King Mayadunne was a 16th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Sitawaka in Sri Lanka, known for his resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.
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C.
King Dhatusena
King Dhatusena was a 5th-century Sri Lankan monarch of Anuradhapura, best known for major irrigation works like the Kala Wewa reservoir and for his dramatic downfall at the hands of his son Kassapa I.
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D.
Naravarman
Naravarman was a medieval Indian king of the Paramara dynasty, known for ruling parts of central India from his capital at Dhara.
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E.
King Anusapati
King Anusapati was a 13th-century Javanese monarch of the Singhasari kingdom, known from Indonesian historical chronicles as one of the early rulers in the lineage that preceded the rise of Majapahit.
- 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: King Valagamba Target entity description: King Valagamba was an ancient Sri Lankan monarch of Anuradhapura, known for restoring the kingdom after South Indian invasions and for his significant patronage of Buddhism and monastic institutions.
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A.
King Mahasena
King Mahasena was a 4th-century Sri Lankan monarch known for his extensive religious reforms, large-scale irrigation works, and controversial patronage of non-Theravada Buddhist sects.
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B.
King Mayadunne
King Mayadunne was a 16th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Sitawaka in Sri Lanka, known for his resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.
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C.
King Dhatusena
King Dhatusena was a 5th-century Sri Lankan monarch of Anuradhapura, best known for major irrigation works like the Kala Wewa reservoir and for his dramatic downfall at the hands of his son Kassapa I.
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D.
Naravarman
Naravarman was a medieval Indian king of the Paramara dynasty, known for ruling parts of central India from his capital at Dhara.
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E.
King Anusapati
King Anusapati was a 13th-century Javanese monarch of the Singhasari kingdom, known from Indonesian historical chronicles as one of the early rulers in the lineage that preceded the rise of Majapahit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.