Bhitari pillar inscription
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The Bhitari pillar inscription is a major Gupta-era epigraphic record that commemorates the reign and military achievements of the Indian emperor Kumaragupta I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bhitari pillar inscription canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7770889 — 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: Bhitari pillar inscription Context triple: [Kumaragupta I, inscriptionEvidence, Bhitari pillar inscription]
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A.
Prayaga Pillar Inscription
The Prayaga Pillar Inscription is a famous Sanskrit eulogy engraved on an Ashokan pillar at Allahabad that glorifies the military conquests and imperial achievements of the Gupta emperor Samudragupta.
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Shivagrha inscription
The Shivagrha inscription is an important 9th-century Javanese stone inscription that records the construction and religious significance of the Prambanan (Śivagrha) temple complex under the Medang Mataram kingdom.
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C.
Telang inscription
The Telang inscription is an ancient stone record from early medieval Java that provides important historical evidence about the Medang Kingdom’s political and religious life.
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D.
Ashokan inscriptions
The Ashokan inscriptions are a series of edicts issued by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, carved on rocks and pillars across the Indian subcontinent to promote Buddhist ethics and moral governance.
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E.
Dashapura inscriptions
The Dashapura inscriptions are a series of ancient Sanskrit stone records from the Mandsaur region in India that provide valuable information about the political, religious, and cultural history of early medieval central India.
- 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: Bhitari pillar inscription Target entity description: The Bhitari pillar inscription is a major Gupta-era epigraphic record that commemorates the reign and military achievements of the Indian emperor Kumaragupta I.
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A.
Prayaga Pillar Inscription
The Prayaga Pillar Inscription is a famous Sanskrit eulogy engraved on an Ashokan pillar at Allahabad that glorifies the military conquests and imperial achievements of the Gupta emperor Samudragupta.
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B.
Shivagrha inscription
The Shivagrha inscription is an important 9th-century Javanese stone inscription that records the construction and religious significance of the Prambanan (Śivagrha) temple complex under the Medang Mataram kingdom.
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C.
Telang inscription
The Telang inscription is an ancient stone record from early medieval Java that provides important historical evidence about the Medang Kingdom’s political and religious life.
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D.
Ashokan inscriptions
The Ashokan inscriptions are a series of edicts issued by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, carved on rocks and pillars across the Indian subcontinent to promote Buddhist ethics and moral governance.
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E.
Dashapura inscriptions
The Dashapura inscriptions are a series of ancient Sanskrit stone records from the Mandsaur region in India that provide valuable information about the political, religious, and cultural history of early medieval central India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gupta inscription
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epigraphic record ⓘ inscription ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kumaragupta I ⓘ |
| commemorates |
military achievements of Kumaragupta I
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reign of Kumaragupta I ⓘ |
| date | 5th century CE ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Gupta dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Gupta Empire
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| genre | royal eulogy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
source for Gupta political history
ⓘ
source for genealogy of Gupta rulers ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Kumaragupta I ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bhitari
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Ghazipur district ⓘ India ⓘ Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| material | stone pillar ⓘ |
| mentions |
Chandragupta II
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Kumaragupta I ⓘ Samudragupta ⓘ |
| mentionsDeity | Vishnu ⓘ |
| paleographicSignificance | evidence for late Gupta Brahmi ⓘ |
| period |
Gupta period
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linked to:
Gupta period (approximate)
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| purpose | political legitimation ⓘ |
| regionContext | northern India ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
epigraphists
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historians of ancient India ⓘ |
| style | classical Sanskrit kavya style ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Brahmi script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bhitari pillar inscription Description of subject: The Bhitari pillar inscription is a major Gupta-era epigraphic record that commemorates the reign and military achievements of the Indian emperor Kumaragupta I.
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