Purugupta
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Purugupta was a Gupta dynasty ruler of northern India in the 5th century CE, known as a successor in the imperial Gupta lineage during its later phase.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Purugupta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7770886 — 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: Purugupta Context triple: [Kumaragupta I, issue, Purugupta]
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A.
Badal Gupta
Badal Gupta was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter known for his role in the 1930 Writers’ Building attack in Kolkata against British colonial officials.
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B.
Vishnugupta
Vishnugupta, better known as Chanakya or Kautilya, was an ancient Indian philosopher, economist, and royal advisor renowned for his influential treatise on statecraft and political strategy.
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C.
Vasugupta
Vasugupta was an influential early philosopher and sage of Kashmir Shaivism, traditionally credited with composing the foundational Shiva Sutras that shaped the school’s non-dual Shaiva theology.
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D.
Gupta
Gupta refers to the ancient Indian royal dynasty that established and ruled the Gupta Empire, a classical age of significant cultural, scientific, and political achievements in South Asia.
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Sri Gupta
Sri Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, regarded as the dynasty’s earliest known ruler and ancestor of later emperors like Chandragupta I and Samudragupta.
- 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: Purugupta Target entity description: Purugupta was a Gupta dynasty ruler of northern India in the 5th century CE, known as a successor in the imperial Gupta lineage during its later phase.
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A.
Badal Gupta
Badal Gupta was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter known for his role in the 1930 Writers’ Building attack in Kolkata against British colonial officials.
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B.
Vishnugupta
Vishnugupta, better known as Chanakya or Kautilya, was an ancient Indian philosopher, economist, and royal advisor renowned for his influential treatise on statecraft and political strategy.
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C.
Vasugupta
Vasugupta was an influential early philosopher and sage of Kashmir Shaivism, traditionally credited with composing the foundational Shiva Sutras that shaped the school’s non-dual Shaiva theology.
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D.
Gupta
Gupta refers to the ancient Indian royal dynasty that established and ruled the Gupta Empire, a classical age of significant cultural, scientific, and political achievements in South Asia.
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E.
Sri Gupta
Sri Gupta was the founder of the Gupta dynasty in ancient India, regarded as the dynasty’s earliest known ruler and ancestor of later emperors like Chandragupta I and Samudragupta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
5th-century Indian ruler
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Gupta emperor ⓘ Indian monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedDynasticIssue | succession disputes in later Gupta period ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Nalanda region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Gupta Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | classical Gupta age of North India ⓘ |
| dynasticPhase | later Gupta period ⓘ |
| era | post-Chandragupta II Gupta era ⓘ |
| father | Kumaragupta I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
Budhagupta
NERFINISHED
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Narasimhagupta NERFINISHED ⓘ possibly Kumaragupta II ⓘ |
| historicalCertainty | partly reconstructed from fragmentary records ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a later Gupta ruler
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continuing the imperial Gupta lineage ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
genealogical records
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inscriptions ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Anantadevi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | emperor of a gradually declining empire ⓘ |
| positionInLineage | successor of Kumaragupta I in imperial line ⓘ |
| predecessor | Kumaragupta I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | northern India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Gupta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptOfInscriptions | Gupta script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType | epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| successor | Narasimhagupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century CE ⓘ |
| title |
Gupta emperor
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Maharajadhiraja ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Purugupta Description of subject: Purugupta was a Gupta dynasty ruler of northern India in the 5th century CE, known as a successor in the imperial Gupta lineage during its later phase.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.