Garhwal Kingdom (historical)
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The Garhwal Kingdom was a historic Himalayan monarchy in what is now Uttarakhand, India, ruled for centuries by the Panwar (Parmara) dynasty before its eventual incorporation into British India.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Garhwal kingdom | 3 |
| Garhwal Kingdom (historical) canonical | 2 |
| Garhwal Kingdom | 1 |
| Tehri Garhwal princely state (after British reorganization) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4225125 — 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: Garhwal Kingdom (historical) Context triple: [Garhwal, contains, Garhwal Kingdom (historical)]
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A.
Kashi Kingdom
Kashi Kingdom was an ancient Indian kingdom centered around the sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early South Asian history.
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B.
Paramara kingdom
The Paramara kingdom was a medieval Indian dynasty that ruled much of the Malwa region in central India, known for its patronage of art, literature, and temple architecture.
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C.
Nawanagar State
Nawanagar State was a former princely state in western India, ruled by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty with its capital at Jamnagar, and later integrated into the modern state of Gujarat.
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D.
Paurava kingdom
The Paurava kingdom was an ancient Indian realm in the Punjab region, ruled by King Porus and noted for its fierce resistance against Alexander the Great during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Gorkha Kingdom
The Gorkha Kingdom was a historic Himalayan state that unified much of what is now Nepal and became a major regional power before confronting the British East India Company in the early 19th 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: Garhwal Kingdom (historical) Target entity description: The Garhwal Kingdom was a historic Himalayan monarchy in what is now Uttarakhand, India, ruled for centuries by the Panwar (Parmara) dynasty before its eventual incorporation into British India.
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A.
Kashi Kingdom
Kashi Kingdom was an ancient Indian kingdom centered around the sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early South Asian history.
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B.
Paramara kingdom
The Paramara kingdom was a medieval Indian dynasty that ruled much of the Malwa region in central India, known for its patronage of art, literature, and temple architecture.
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C.
Nawanagar State
Nawanagar State was a former princely state in western India, ruled by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty with its capital at Jamnagar, and later integrated into the modern state of Gujarat.
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D.
Paurava kingdom
The Paurava kingdom was an ancient Indian realm in the Punjab region, ruled by King Porus and noted for its fierce resistance against Alexander the Great during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Gorkha Kingdom
The Gorkha Kingdom was a historic Himalayan state that unified much of what is now Nepal and became a major regional power before confronting the British East India Company in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Himalayan kingdom
ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hindu temples and pilgrimage sites
ⓘ
Rajput warrior culture ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kumaon
ⓘ
Saharanpur region ⓘ
linked to:
Muzaffarnagar region
Sirmur ⓘ Tibet ⓘ
linked to:
Tibet Autonomous Region
|
| capital | Srinagar (Garhwal) ⓘ |
| cededTerritoryTo | British East India Company ⓘ |
| conflict |
Anglo-Nepalese War
ⓘ
Gorkha invasions ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Garhwal ⓘ |
| dynastyFoundedBy | Ajai Pal ⓘ |
| era |
early modern India
ⓘ
medieval India ⓘ |
| event | incorporation into British India ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto |
British Garhwal
ⓘ
linked to:
Garhwal
|
| knownFor |
Himalayan pilgrimage routes
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ resistance to external invasions ⓘ |
| language |
Garhwali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| laterCapital | Tehri ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Garhwal region
ⓘ
linked to:
Garhwal
Himalayas ⓘ present-day Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| predecessor | petty Garhwal principalities ⓘ |
| presentIn |
modern districts of Chamoli
ⓘ
modern districts of Pauri Garhwal ⓘ modern districts of Tehri Garhwal ⓘ parts of Uttarkashi ⓘ |
| regionType | hill state ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ruler |
Ajai Pal
ⓘ
Mahipat Shah ⓘ Prithvi Shah ⓘ Sudarshan Shah ⓘ
linked to:
Mahipat Shah
|
| rulingDynasty |
Panwar dynasty
ⓘ
Parmara dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Paramara dynasty
|
| successor |
British India
ⓘ
Tehri Garhwal State ⓘ
linked to:
Tehri Garhwal district
|
| treaty | Treaty of Sugauli ⓘ |
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: Garhwal Kingdom (historical) Description of subject: The Garhwal Kingdom was a historic Himalayan monarchy in what is now Uttarakhand, India, ruled for centuries by the Panwar (Parmara) dynasty before its eventual incorporation into British India.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Garhwal Kingdom (historical)
linked to: Garhwal Kingdom (historical)
linked to: Garhwal Kingdom (historical)
Srinagar (Garhwal)
→
laterAffiliation
→
Tehri Garhwal princely state (after British reorganization)
ⓘ
linked to: Garhwal Kingdom (historical)
linked to: Garhwal Kingdom (historical)