Maharaja
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Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maharaja canonical | 19 |
| Maharajadhiraja | 14 |
| Maharaj | 2 |
| King of Ceylon | 1 |
| Maharaja Rana | 1 |
| Maharaja of Amber | 1 |
| Maharajahs | 1 |
| Maharana | 1 |
| Rana (South Asian royal title) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T697220 — 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: Maharaja Context triple: [Sikh Empire, titleOfHeadOfState, Maharaja]
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A.
Raza Sahib
Raza Sahib was an 18th-century military leader in southern India who commanded forces during the Siege of Arcot in the Carnatic Wars.
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B.
Chanda Sahib
Chanda Sahib was an 18th-century Indian ruler and military leader who played a central role in the Carnatic Wars, notably opposing the British during conflicts such as the Siege of Arcot.
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C.
the Rani
The Rani is a brilliant but ruthless renegade Time Lord and recurring villain in the Doctor Who universe, known for her coldly scientific experiments and amoral pursuit of knowledge.
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D.
His Majesty
His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
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E.
Sultan
The Sultan was the supreme monarch of the Ottoman Empire, wielding ultimate political, military, and religious authority over its vast territories.
- 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: Maharaja Target entity description: Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
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A.
Raza Sahib
Raza Sahib was an 18th-century military leader in southern India who commanded forces during the Siege of Arcot in the Carnatic Wars.
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B.
Chanda Sahib
Chanda Sahib was an 18th-century Indian ruler and military leader who played a central role in the Carnatic Wars, notably opposing the British during conflicts such as the Siege of Arcot.
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C.
the Rani
The Rani is a brilliant but ruthless renegade Time Lord and recurring villain in the Doctor Who universe, known for her coldly scientific experiments and amoral pursuit of knowledge.
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D.
His Majesty
His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
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E.
Sultan
The Sultan was the supreme monarch of the Ottoman Empire, wielding ultimate political, military, and religious authority over its vast territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monarchical title
ⓘ
royal title ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indian princely states
ⓘ
feudal hierarchy ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh (historical)
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
surface form:
Nepal (historical)
Pakistan ⓘ
surface form:
Pakistan (historical)
South Asia ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom |
maha
ⓘ
raja ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| femaleEquivalent |
Rani
ⓘ
surface form:
Maharani
|
| governs |
kingdom
ⓘ
princely state ⓘ |
| hasHonorificForm |
His Highness
ⓘ
His Majesty ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Raj
classical India ⓘ early modern India ⓘ medieval India ⓘ |
| meaning |
great king
ⓘ
high king ⓘ |
| pluralForm |
Maharaja
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Maharajahs
Maharajas ⓘ |
| rankComparedToRaja | higher ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Rani
ⓘ
surface form:
Maharani
Raja ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ |
| scriptUsed |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari
|
| semanticField |
kingship
ⓘ
nobility ⓘ royalty ⓘ |
| titleHierarchy |
above Raja
ⓘ
below Maharajadhiraja ⓘ |
| typeOf |
hereditary title
ⓘ
sovereign title ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hindu rulers
ⓘ
Indian princes ⓘ Sikh rulers ⓘ sovereign rulers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
rulers of important princely states
ⓘ
rulers of large kingdoms ⓘ |
| usedIn |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| usedInSystem | princely state system of British India ⓘ |
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: Maharaja Description of subject: Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rana of Porbandar
this entity surface form:
Rana (South Asian royal title)
this entity surface form:
King of Ceylon
this entity surface form:
Maharaja Rana
this entity surface form:
Maharajahs
this entity surface form:
Maharaja of Amber
this entity surface form:
Maharaj
this entity surface form:
Maharana
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
subject surface form:
Tailapa II
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
subject surface form:
Satyashraya
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
subject surface form:
Bhima I
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja
this entity surface form:
Maharajadhiraja