Cave 17
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Cave 17 is a prominent rock-cut Buddhist monastery at the Ajanta Caves complex in Maharashtra, India, renowned for its well-preserved murals and intricate sculptures from the Gupta period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cave 17 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19638964 — 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: Cave 17 Context triple: [Harishena, associatedCaveNumbersAtAjanta, Cave 17]
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Cave 16
Cave 16 is a major rock-cut Buddhist monument at the Ajanta Caves complex in Maharashtra, India, renowned for its elaborate sculptures and paintings commissioned during the Vakataka period.
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B.
Cave 16
Cave 16 is the Kailasa Temple at Ellora, a monumental rock-cut Hindu temple renowned for its massive scale and intricate carvings.
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C.
Cave 18
Cave 18 is one of the prominent rock-cut Buddhist cave temples within the Yungang Grottoes complex in Datong, China, noted for its elaborate sculptures and religious art.
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D.
Cave 5
Cave 5 is one of the most prominent rock-cut Buddhist cave temples at the Yungang Grottoes, noted for its large-scale sculptures and intricate religious carvings.
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E.
Cave 8
Cave 8 is one of the notable rock-cut Buddhist cave temples within the Yungang Grottoes complex in Datong, China, known for its ancient sculptures and religious art.
- 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: Cave 17 Target entity description: Cave 17 is a prominent rock-cut Buddhist monastery at the Ajanta Caves complex in Maharashtra, India, renowned for its well-preserved murals and intricate sculptures from the Gupta period.
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A.
Cave 16
Cave 16 is a major rock-cut Buddhist monument at the Ajanta Caves complex in Maharashtra, India, renowned for its elaborate sculptures and paintings commissioned during the Vakataka period.
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B.
Cave 16
Cave 16 is the Kailasa Temple at Ellora, a monumental rock-cut Hindu temple renowned for its massive scale and intricate carvings.
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C.
Cave 18
Cave 18 is one of the prominent rock-cut Buddhist cave temples within the Yungang Grottoes complex in Datong, China, noted for its elaborate sculptures and religious art.
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D.
Cave 5
Cave 5 is one of the most prominent rock-cut Buddhist cave temples at the Yungang Grottoes, noted for its large-scale sculptures and intricate religious carvings.
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E.
Cave 8
Cave 8 is one of the notable rock-cut Buddhist cave temples within the Yungang Grottoes complex in Datong, China, known for its ancient sculptures and religious art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Harishena of Vakataka dynasty