Kingdom of Gampola
E396936
The Kingdom of Gampola was a medieval Sinhalese monarchy in central Sri Lanka that served as a major political and cultural center before power shifted to the coastal Kingdom of Kotte.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gampola Kingdom | 2 |
| Kingdom of Gampola canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3912263 — 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: Kingdom of Gampola Context triple: [Kingdom of Kotte, predecessor, Kingdom of Gampola]
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A.
Kingdom of Ruhuna
The Kingdom of Ruhuna was an ancient Sinhalese polity in southern Sri Lanka that served as a major regional center of power, culture, and resistance throughout much of the island’s early history.
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B.
Polonnaruwa Kingdom
The Polonnaruwa Kingdom was a medieval Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka known for its advanced irrigation systems, monumental Buddhist architecture, and role as a major political and cultural center from the 11th to 13th centuries.
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C.
Kingdom of Sitawaka
The Kingdom of Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka known for its resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.
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D.
Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte was a powerful Sinhalese monarchy in southwestern Sri Lanka that flourished from the 15th to the 16th century and became a major center of politics, trade, and Buddhism before its decline and partition.
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E.
Kingdom of Dambadeniya
The Kingdom of Dambadeniya was a medieval Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka that served as a major political and cultural center during the 13th century.
- 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: Kingdom of Gampola Target entity description: The Kingdom of Gampola was a medieval Sinhalese monarchy in central Sri Lanka that served as a major political and cultural center before power shifted to the coastal Kingdom of Kotte.
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A.
Kingdom of Ruhuna
The Kingdom of Ruhuna was an ancient Sinhalese polity in southern Sri Lanka that served as a major regional center of power, culture, and resistance throughout much of the island’s early history.
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B.
Polonnaruwa Kingdom
The Polonnaruwa Kingdom was a medieval Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka known for its advanced irrigation systems, monumental Buddhist architecture, and role as a major political and cultural center from the 11th to 13th centuries.
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C.
Kingdom of Sitawaka
The Kingdom of Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka known for its resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion.
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D.
Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte was a powerful Sinhalese monarchy in southwestern Sri Lanka that flourished from the 15th to the 16th century and became a major center of politics, trade, and Buddhism before its decline and partition.
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E.
Kingdom of Dambadeniya
The Kingdom of Dambadeniya was a medieval Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka that served as a major political and cultural center during the 13th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sinhalese monarchy
ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ medieval polity ⓘ |
| capital | Gampola ⓘ |
| conflicts |
conflicts with Jaffna Kingdom
ⓘ
internal dynastic struggles ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalRole | major cultural center in medieval Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| currency | kahavanu (gold coins) ⓘ |
| endTime | 15th century ⓘ |
| era | medieval Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sinhalese ⓘ |
| followedBy | rise of the Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite |
Ambuluwawa temple complex
ⓘ
Gadaladeniya Vihara ⓘ Lankatilaka Vihara ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist temple construction
ⓘ
development of Sinhalese Buddhist art ⓘ transition of political power from interior to coastal regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| language | Sinhala ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Province of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Province, Sri Lanka
central Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gampola ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Bhuvanaikabahu IV
ⓘ
Bhuvanaikabahu V ⓘ Parakramabahu V ⓘ Parakramabahu V ⓘ
surface form:
Vikramabahu III
|
| partOf |
history of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
history of the Sinhalese people ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | major political center in medieval Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| predecessor | Kingdom of Dambadeniya ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| religion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| rulingDynasty | House of Siri Sanga Bo ⓘ |
| startTime | 14th century ⓘ |
| successor | Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kingdom of Gampola Description of subject: The Kingdom of Gampola was a medieval Sinhalese monarchy in central Sri Lanka that served as a major political and cultural center before power shifted to the coastal Kingdom of Kotte.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gampola Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Gampola Kingdom