Dhar, Maratha Empire
E301251
Dhar, in the Maratha Empire, was a prominent town and administrative center in central India that served as the birthplace of the last Peshwa, Baji Rao II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhar, Maratha Empire canonical | 2 |
| Dhar town in Madhya Pradesh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2829402 — 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: Dhar, Maratha Empire Context triple: [Baji Rao II, birthPlace, Dhar, Maratha Empire]
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A.
Maratha
The Maratha are a prominent warrior and ruling community from western India, historically known for establishing the Maratha Empire that challenged Mughal dominance in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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B.
Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire was a powerful early modern Indian polity that rose to dominate much of the subcontinent in the 18th century, challenging Mughal authority and shaping regional politics before the advent of British colonial rule.
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C.
Maratha court at Satara
The Maratha court at Satara was the principal royal and administrative center of the Maratha Empire in the early 18th century, serving as the seat of the Chhatrapati and his influential Peshwas.
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D.
Maratha administration
The Maratha administration was the governmental and revenue system of the Maratha Empire in early modern India, characterized by a decentralized structure, powerful regional nobles, and distinctive taxation practices.
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E.
Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
- 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: Dhar, Maratha Empire Target entity description: Dhar, in the Maratha Empire, was a prominent town and administrative center in central India that served as the birthplace of the last Peshwa, Baji Rao II.
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A.
Maratha
The Maratha are a prominent warrior and ruling community from western India, historically known for establishing the Maratha Empire that challenged Mughal dominance in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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B.
Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire was a powerful early modern Indian polity that rose to dominate much of the subcontinent in the 18th century, challenging Mughal authority and shaping regional politics before the advent of British colonial rule.
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C.
Maratha court at Satara
The Maratha court at Satara was the principal royal and administrative center of the Maratha Empire in the early 18th century, serving as the seat of the Chhatrapati and his influential Peshwas.
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D.
Maratha administration
The Maratha administration was the governmental and revenue system of the Maratha Empire in early modern India, characterized by a decentralized structure, powerful regional nobles, and distinctive taxation practices.
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E.
Sardeshmukhi
Sardeshmukhi was a tax levied by the Maratha Empire, typically an additional surcharge claimed by Maratha rulers over and above regular land revenue in territories under their influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Peshwa
ⓘ
administrative centre ⓘ historical town ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maratha administration
ⓘ
Peshwa lineage ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dhar, Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Baji Rao II ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasRole | regional administrative hub ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor | being birthplace of Baji Rao II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maratha Empire
ⓘ
central India ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Madhya Pradesh ⓘ |
| notableAs | last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| partOf |
Malwa region
ⓘ
linked to:
Malwa-Nimar region
Maratha-controlled Malwa ⓘ |
| politicalEntityDuringPeriod | Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | Maratha provincial centre ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Peshwa of the Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| regionType | urban settlement ⓘ |
| servedAs | administrative centre in the Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| significance | important town in Maratha central Indian administration ⓘ |
| usedFor | governance of surrounding territories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dhar, Maratha Empire Description of subject: Dhar, in the Maratha Empire, was a prominent town and administrative center in central India that served as the birthplace of the last Peshwa, Baji Rao II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.