Bukka Raya I
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Bukka Raya I was a 14th-century South Indian ruler who, along with his brother Harihara I, established and expanded the powerful Vijayanagara Empire as a bulwark against Islamic invasions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bukka Raya I canonical | 11 |
| Bukka Raya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6968815 — 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: Bukka Raya I Context triple: [Vijayanagara Empire, foundedBy, Bukka Raya I]
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A.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
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B.
Sri Maharaja Jayanegara
Sri Maharaja Jayanegara was a king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known as one of its early rulers in the 14th century.
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C.
Sri Maharaja Kertajaya
Sri Maharaja Kertajaya was the last king of the Hindu Kediri Kingdom in East Java, known for his conflict with emerging Islamic powers and his role in Javanese historical chronicles.
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D.
Brawijaya V
Brawijaya V was a late ruler of the Majapahit Empire in Java, often associated in Javanese chronicles with the kingdom’s decline and the transition to Islamic rule in the region.
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E.
Raden Wijaya
Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince and military leader who became the first king of the Majapahit Empire, one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and influential kingdoms.
- 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: Bukka Raya I Target entity description: Bukka Raya I was a 14th-century South Indian ruler who, along with his brother Harihara I, established and expanded the powerful Vijayanagara Empire as a bulwark against Islamic invasions.
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A.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
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B.
Sri Maharaja Jayanegara
Sri Maharaja Jayanegara was a king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known as one of its early rulers in the 14th century.
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C.
Sri Maharaja Kertajaya
Sri Maharaja Kertajaya was the last king of the Hindu Kediri Kingdom in East Java, known for his conflict with emerging Islamic powers and his role in Javanese historical chronicles.
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D.
Brawijaya V
Brawijaya V was a late ruler of the Majapahit Empire in Java, often associated in Javanese chronicles with the kingdom’s decline and the transition to Islamic rule in the region.
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E.
Raden Wijaya
Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince and military leader who became the first king of the Majapahit Empire, one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and influential kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vijayanagara emperor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| advisor |
Vidyaranya
ⓘ
linked to:
Vidyāraṇya
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Bukka
ⓘ
Bukka Raya ⓘ
linked to:
Bukka Raya I
|
| associatedWith | Sringeri Sharada Peetham ⓘ |
| brother | Harihara I ⓘ |
| capital |
Vijayanagara
ⓘ
linked to:
Vijayanagara Empire
|
| century | 14th century ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| country | Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Vijayanagara (approximate)
ⓘ
linked to:
Vijayanagara Empire
|
| dynasty | Sangama dynasty ⓘ |
| era | pre-modern India ⓘ |
| expandedTo |
Tungabhadra region
ⓘ
linked to:
Tungabhadra basin
parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh ⓘ parts of present-day Karnataka ⓘ parts of present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| foundedWith | Harihara I ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidation of South Indian kingdoms
ⓘ
expansion of Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ resistance to Islamic invasions ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt |
Kannada
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ Telugu ⓘ |
| legacy | established Vijayanagara as a major South Indian power ⓘ |
| name | Bukka Raya I ⓘ |
| opponent |
Bahmani Sultanate
ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Hindu temples
ⓘ
Kannada literature ⓘ Sanskrit learning ⓘ Telugu literature ⓘ |
| policy | defense against northern invasions ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of Vijayanagara ⓘ |
| predecessor | Harihara I ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 1377 ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 1356 ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | second ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| strengthened | Hindu kingdoms in South India ⓘ |
| successor | Harihara II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Bukka Raya I Description of subject: Bukka Raya I was a 14th-century South Indian ruler who, along with his brother Harihara I, established and expanded the powerful Vijayanagara Empire as a bulwark against Islamic invasions.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bukka Raya I