Richard Salomon
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Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
All labels observed (1)
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| Richard Salomon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5460185 — 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: Richard Salomon Context triple: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, studiedBy, Richard Salomon]
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Richard Saller
Richard Saller is an American classical historian and academic administrator who serves as president of Stanford University.
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Tim Suhrstedt
Tim Suhrstedt is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films and television projects, often recognized for his naturalistic visual style.
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C.
Richard Landau
Richard Landau was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films and television, particularly in science fiction and crime.
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D.
Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
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E.
Richard Heus
Richard Heus is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the acclaimed alternate-history series "The Man in the High Castle."
- 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: Richard Salomon Target entity description: Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
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A.
Richard Saller
Richard Saller is an American classical historian and academic administrator who serves as president of Stanford University.
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B.
Tim Suhrstedt
Tim Suhrstedt is an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous feature films and television projects, often recognized for his naturalistic visual style.
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C.
Richard Landau
Richard Landau was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films and television, particularly in science fiction and crime.
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D.
Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
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E.
Richard Heus
Richard Heus is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the acclaimed alternate-history series "The Man in the High Castle."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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scholar ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Buddhist philology
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religious studies ⓘ |
| affiliation | Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in Sanskrit and Indian studies ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | University of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist studies
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Indology ⓘ South Asian studies ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ paleography ⓘ |
| hasRole |
editor
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translator of Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Ashokan inscriptions
NERFINISHED
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Gandhāran art and culture ⓘ Indian epigraphic traditions ⓘ Northwest Indian history ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on Gandhari manuscripts
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research on Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ studies of Buddhist manuscript culture ⓘ study of early Buddhist texts ⓘ work on birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work on Gāndhārī birch-bark scrolls
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reconstruction of early Buddhist textual history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra
NERFINISHED
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Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Epigraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist studies scholar
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epigrapher ⓘ philologist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Gandhāran Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Gāndhārī language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts ⓘ early Buddhist canons ⓘ textual transmission of Buddhism ⓘ |
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Subject: Richard Salomon Description of subject: Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
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