Prabhakaravardhana
E689785
Prabhakaravardhana was an early 7th-century Indian king of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty and father of the renowned emperor Harsha.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prabhakaravardhana canonical | 5 |
| Rajyavardhana | 2 |
| Prabhakaravardhana (as later prominent king of the line) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7671278 — 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: Prabhakaravardhana Context triple: [Vardhana (Pushyabhuti) dynasty, notableRuler, Prabhakaravardhana]
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A.
Devapala
Devapala was a powerful 9th-century ruler of the Pala dynasty in eastern India, known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and patronizing Buddhism.
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B.
Devagupta
Devagupta was a monarch of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta ruling house in northern India.
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C.
Shashanka
Shashanka was an early 7th-century Indian monarch regarded as the first significant independent king of Bengal and a key figure in the region’s political consolidation.
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D.
Sri Vishnuvardhana
Sri Vishnuvardhana was a prominent ruler of the Singhasari kingdom in 13th-century Java, known for consolidating royal power and laying foundations for later Javanese empires.
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E.
Harshavardhana
Harshavardhana was a 7th-century Indian emperor who unified much of North India, promoted Buddhism and religious tolerance, and became renowned for his patronage of arts and learning.
- 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: Prabhakaravardhana Target entity description: Prabhakaravardhana was an early 7th-century Indian king of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty and father of the renowned emperor Harsha.
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A.
Devapala
Devapala was a powerful 9th-century ruler of the Pala dynasty in eastern India, known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and patronizing Buddhism.
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B.
Devagupta
Devagupta was a monarch of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta ruling house in northern India.
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C.
Shashanka
Shashanka was an early 7th-century Indian monarch regarded as the first significant independent king of Bengal and a key figure in the region’s political consolidation.
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D.
Sri Vishnuvardhana
Sri Vishnuvardhana was a prominent ruler of the Singhasari kingdom in 13th-century Java, known for consolidating royal power and laying foundations for later Javanese empires.
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E.
Harshavardhana
Harshavardhana was a 7th-century Indian emperor who unified much of North India, promoted Buddhism and religious tolerance, and became renowned for his patronage of arts and learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian king
ⓘ
Pushyabhuti dynasty ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thanesar ⓘ |
| capital | Thanesar ⓘ |
| chronicler | Bana ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Hunas
ⓘ
Malwa rulers ⓘ
linked to:
Paramara dynasty
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Thanesar (traditional attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thanesar
|
| dynasty |
Pushyabhuti dynasty
ⓘ
Vardhana dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Vardhana (Pushyabhuti) dynasty
|
| era | post-Gupta period ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Harsha
ⓘ
Harshavardhana ⓘ Rajyavardhana ⓘ |
| house |
Vardhana
ⓘ
linked to:
Harshavardhana
|
| knownFor |
being father of Emperor Harsha
ⓘ
expanding the power of the Pushyabhuti dynasty ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Harshacharita ⓘ |
| name | Prabhakaravardhana ⓘ |
| predecessor | Adityavardhana ⓘ |
| region |
North India
ⓘ
linked to:
northern India
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse | Yasomati ⓘ |
| successor | Rajyavardhana ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 7th century ⓘ |
| title | Maharaja ⓘ |
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: Prabhakaravardhana Description of subject: Prabhakaravardhana was an early 7th-century Indian king of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty and father of the renowned emperor Harsha.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Prabhakaravardhana
linked to: Prabhakaravardhana
linked to: Prabhakaravardhana