Shalishuka Maurya
E610947
Shalishuka Maurya was a later Mauryan emperor of ancient India, known from Puranic lists as one of the successors in the declining phase of the Maurya dynasty after Ashoka.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashoka | 1 |
| Mauryan emperors | 1 |
| Shalishuka Maurya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6604523 — 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: Shalishuka Maurya Context triple: [Brihadratha Maurya, predecessor, Shalishuka Maurya]
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Pushyamitra Shunga
Pushyamitra Shunga was an ancient Indian ruler and former Mauryan general who established the Shunga dynasty after overthrowing the Mauryan Empire in the 2nd century BCE.
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B.
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Gautamiputra Satakarni was a powerful 2nd-century CE Indian king renowned for reviving and expanding the Satavahana Empire and resisting foreign Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian powers.
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C.
Bindusara
Bindusara was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty in ancient India, known for consolidating and expanding the vast empire established by his father Chandragupta Maurya.
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D.
Ajātaśatru
Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
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E.
Bimbisara
Bimbisara was an early and influential king of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha, known for expanding its power and for his contemporaneity with the Buddha and Mahavira.
- 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: Shalishuka Maurya Target entity description: Shalishuka Maurya was a later Mauryan emperor of ancient India, known from Puranic lists as one of the successors in the declining phase of the Maurya dynasty after Ashoka.
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A.
Pushyamitra Shunga
Pushyamitra Shunga was an ancient Indian ruler and former Mauryan general who established the Shunga dynasty after overthrowing the Mauryan Empire in the 2nd century BCE.
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B.
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Gautamiputra Satakarni was a powerful 2nd-century CE Indian king renowned for reviving and expanding the Satavahana Empire and resisting foreign Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian powers.
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C.
Bindusara
Bindusara was the second emperor of the Maurya dynasty in ancient India, known for consolidating and expanding the vast empire established by his father Chandragupta Maurya.
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D.
Ajātaśatru
Ajātaśatru is an ancient Indian king of the Kuru-Videha region, known from early Buddhist and Upanishadic texts for his political power and his role in philosophical dialogues on the nature of the self and reality.
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E.
Bimbisara
Bimbisara was an early and influential king of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha, known for expanding its power and for his contemporaneity with the Buddha and Mahavira.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian monarch
ⓘ
Mauryan emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| after |
Ashoka
ⓘ
linked to:
Shalishuka Maurya
|
| associatedWith | decline of Maurya Empire ⓘ |
| attestedInInscriptions | no ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Maurya Empire ⓘ |
| dynasticPhase | later Maurya period ⓘ |
| era | 3rd–2nd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| historicity | poorly attested ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Puranic king lists
ⓘ
Puranic texts ⓘ
linked to:
Puranas
|
| languageContext | Sanskrit sources ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Maurya dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Maurya Empire
|
| notableFor | being listed among late Mauryan kings in Puranas ⓘ |
| partOf | post-Ashokan Maurya rulers ⓘ |
| predecessor | Samprati ⓘ |
| region | ancient India ⓘ |
| reignCharacteristic | period of imperial decline ⓘ |
| reignEnd | uncertain ⓘ |
| reignStart | uncertain ⓘ |
| religion | uncertain ⓘ |
| royalTitle | Maharaja (in later tradition) ⓘ |
| sourceType | literary sources only ⓘ |
| successor | Devavarman Maurya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shalishuka Maurya Description of subject: Shalishuka Maurya was a later Mauryan emperor of ancient India, known from Puranic lists as one of the successors in the declining phase of the Maurya dynasty after Ashoka.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shalishuka Maurya
linked to: Shalishuka Maurya