Ashoka
E126524
Ashoka was a 3rd-century BCE Mauryan emperor of India renowned for his vast empire, conversion to Buddhism, and promotion of nonviolence and moral governance.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashoka canonical | 70 |
| Emperor Ashoka | 15 |
| Ashoka the Great | 8 |
| Asoka | 4 |
| Ashok | 2 |
| King Ashoka | 2 |
| Ashoka (traditional account) | 1 |
| Ashoka Maurya | 1 |
| Ashoka as Devanampiya Ashoka | 1 |
| Mauryan emperor Ashoka | 1 |
| Samrat Ashok | 1 |
| emperor Ashoka | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1105993 — 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: Ashoka Context triple: [Lion Capital of Ashoka, creator, Ashoka]
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A.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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B.
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
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C.
Gautama
Gautama is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with founding the Nyaya school of Hindu logic and epistemology.
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D.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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E.
Sambandar
Sambandar was a 7th-century Tamil child saint and one of the most celebrated Nayanar poet-saints of Shaivism, renowned for his devotional hymns to Lord Shiva that form a major part of the Tevaram.
- 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: Ashoka Target entity description: Ashoka was a 3rd-century BCE Mauryan emperor of India renowned for his vast empire, conversion to Buddhism, and promotion of nonviolence and moral governance.
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A.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya is an ancient Vedic royal consecration ritual performed to legitimize and exalt a king’s sovereignty and supreme status.
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B.
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is the legendary king of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology, best known as the father of Lord Rama.
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C.
Gautama
Gautama is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with founding the Nyaya school of Hindu logic and epistemology.
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D.
Ramachandra
Ramachandra, better known as Tatya Tope, was a prominent Indian general and key leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
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E.
Sambandar
Sambandar was a 7th-century Tamil child saint and one of the most celebrated Nayanar poet-saints of Shaivism, renowned for his devotional hymns to Lord Shiva that form a major part of the Tevaram.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist ruler
ⓘ
Indian monarch ⓘ Mauryan emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ashoka the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashoka
Devanampriya Priyadarshi ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 304 BCE ⓘ |
| built |
Buddhist stupas
ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ |
| capital | Pataliputra ⓘ |
| countryRuled | India ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 232 BCE ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Maurya dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Maurya Empire
|
| empire | Maurya Empire ⓘ |
| father | Bindusara ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ashoka Maurya
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashoka
|
| grandfather | Chandragupta Maurya ⓘ |
| influenced | later Buddhist kings ⓘ |
| inscriptionsLanguage | Prakrit ⓘ |
| inscriptionsScript |
Brahmi script
ⓘ
Kharosthi script ⓘ
linked to:
Kharoṣṭhī script
|
| issued |
Ashokan Edicts
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashokan inscriptions
|
| knownFor |
Buddhist patronage
ⓘ
religious tolerance policies ⓘ rock and pillar edicts ⓘ vast territorial empire ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of righteous rule in India ⓘ |
| mother | Subhadrangi ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Kalinga War
ⓘ
conversion to Buddhism ⓘ |
| policy |
ban on unnecessary animal slaughter
ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ welfare of subjects ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bindusara ⓘ |
| promoted |
Dhamma (Dharma)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dharma
moral governance ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 232 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 268 BCE ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
spread of Buddhism to Central Asia
ⓘ
spread of Buddhism to Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religionAfterConversion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religionBeforeConversion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sent | Buddhist missions abroad ⓘ |
| successor | Dasharatha Maurya ⓘ |
| symbolAssociated |
Ashoka Chakra
ⓘ
Lion Capital of Ashoka ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
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: Ashoka Description of subject: Ashoka was a 3rd-century BCE Mauryan emperor of India renowned for his vast empire, conversion to Buddhism, and promotion of nonviolence and moral governance.
Referenced by (107)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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ancient India
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Ashoka Pillar
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Ashoka Pillar
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Ashoka Pillar
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SATI
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Amitrochates