Maharao
E772540
Maharao is a royal title historically used by certain princely rulers in India, notably the sovereign of Sirohi State in present-day Rajasthan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maharao canonical | 3 |
| Mahakshatrapa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9030916 — 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: Maharao Context triple: [Sirohi State, rulerTitle, Maharao]
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A.
Maharana
Maharana is a hereditary royal title used by the rulers of certain princely states in India, notably the Sisodia dynasty of Mewar based in Udaipur.
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B.
Maharaja of Nawanagar
The Maharaja of Nawanagar was the hereditary ruler of the princely state of Nawanagar in Kathiawar, western India, historically known for its influential royal family and patronage of cricket.
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C.
Maharaja Wana
Maharaja Wana is the primary demon-king antagonist in the Malay literary adaptation of the Ramayana, known for abducting Siti Dewi and opposing Seri Rama.
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D.
Raja of Kadiri
Raja of Kadiri was the royal title held by the monarchs who ruled the Kadiri (Kediri) kingdom in eastern Java during its classical Hindu-Buddhist period.
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E.
Maharaja of Manipur
The Maharaja of Manipur was the hereditary monarch of the Manipur kingdom, traditionally drawn from the Meitei people and serving as both political and cultural leader of the region.
- 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: Maharao Target entity description: Maharao is a royal title historically used by certain princely rulers in India, notably the sovereign of Sirohi State in present-day Rajasthan.
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A.
Maharana
Maharana is a hereditary royal title used by the rulers of certain princely states in India, notably the Sisodia dynasty of Mewar based in Udaipur.
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B.
Maharaja of Nawanagar
The Maharaja of Nawanagar was the hereditary ruler of the princely state of Nawanagar in Kathiawar, western India, historically known for its influential royal family and patronage of cricket.
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C.
Maharaja Wana
Maharaja Wana is the primary demon-king antagonist in the Malay literary adaptation of the Ramayana, known for abducting Siti Dewi and opposing Seri Rama.
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D.
Raja of Kadiri
Raja of Kadiri was the royal title held by the monarchs who ruled the Kadiri (Kediri) kingdom in eastern Java during its classical Hindu-Buddhist period.
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E.
Maharaja of Manipur
The Maharaja of Manipur was the hereditary monarch of the Manipur kingdom, traditionally drawn from the Meitei people and serving as both political and cultural leader of the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hereditary title
ⓘ
royal title ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Princely state of Sirohi
ⓘ
linked to:
Princely State of Sirohi
Sirohi State ⓘ |
| category |
Indian honorifics
ⓘ
Royal titles ⓘ Titles of national or ethnic leadership ⓘ |
| etymologicallyDerivedFrom |
Maha
ⓘ
Rao ⓘ |
| higherRankThan | Rao ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Hindi
ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ |
| locatedIn | present-day Rajasthan ⓘ |
| meaning | great Rao ⓘ |
| notablyHeldBy | ruler of Sirohi ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Rajputana
ⓘ
linked to:
Rajputana Agency
Western India ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Maharaja
ⓘ
Rao ⓘ |
| status | historical title ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
British Raj
ⓘ
linked to:
British India
pre-independence India ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hindu rulers
ⓘ
Rajput rulers ⓘ
linked to:
Rajputs
princely rulers ⓘ |
| usedByPolityType | princely state ⓘ |
| usedFor | sovereign of Sirohi State ⓘ |
| usedIn |
India
ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ |
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: Maharao Description of subject: Maharao is a royal title historically used by certain princely rulers in India, notably the sovereign of Sirohi State in present-day Rajasthan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maharao