Medang Mataram period

E427805

Hindu-Buddhist kingdom period Javanese historical era historical period

The Medang Mataram period was an early Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom era (c. 8th–10th century) known for its powerful rulers and monumental temple architecture such as Prambanan.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Central Javanese period	1
Classical Javanese period	1
ClassicalJavanesePeriod	1
Mataram Kingdom period	1
Medang Mataram period canonical	1
Sailendra art period	1
Sanjaya–Sailendra period of Mataram	1
early Mataram (Central Javanese) polity	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4286467 — 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: Medang Mataram period
Context triple: [Rakai Pikatan, associatedWith, Medang Mataram period]

A. Jayanegara
Jayanegara was an early 14th-century king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known for consolidating the young kingdom amid internal conflicts and succession struggles.
B. Demak Sultanate
The Demak Sultanate was the first major Islamic kingdom on the island of Java, emerging in the late 15th century as a powerful coastal trading state that helped spread Islam throughout the region.
C. Singhasari Kingdom
The Singhasari Kingdom was a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist Javanese kingdom in East Java, Indonesia, known for its role in regional expansion and as a precursor to the Majapahit Empire.
D. Mataram Sultanate
The Mataram Sultanate was a powerful Islamic kingdom that dominated much of Java in the 16th and 17th centuries, shaping the island’s political and cultural history.
E. Pajang Sultanate
The Pajang Sultanate was a short-lived 16th-century Javanese Islamic kingdom that emerged in central Java after the decline of the Demak Sultanate and served as a precursor to the powerful Mataram Sultanate.
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: Medang Mataram period
Target entity description: The Medang Mataram period was an early Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom era (c. 8th–10th century) known for its powerful rulers and monumental temple architecture such as Prambanan.

A. Jayanegara
Jayanegara was an early 14th-century king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known for consolidating the young kingdom amid internal conflicts and succession struggles.
B. Demak Sultanate
The Demak Sultanate was the first major Islamic kingdom on the island of Java, emerging in the late 15th century as a powerful coastal trading state that helped spread Islam throughout the region.
C. Singhasari Kingdom
The Singhasari Kingdom was a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist Javanese kingdom in East Java, Indonesia, known for its role in regional expansion and as a precursor to the Majapahit Empire.
D. Mataram Sultanate
The Mataram Sultanate was a powerful Islamic kingdom that dominated much of Java in the 16th and 17th centuries, shaping the island’s political and cultural history.
E. Pajang Sultanate
The Pajang Sultanate was a short-lived 16th-century Javanese Islamic kingdom that emerged in central Java after the decline of the Demak Sultanate and served as a precursor to the powerful Mataram Sultanate.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu-Buddhist kingdom period ⓘ Javanese historical era ⓘ historical period ⓘ
capital	Mataram NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Medang Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Javanese culture ⓘ
economy	maritime trade ⓘ wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
endTime	10th century ⓘ
followedBy	Eastern Java Medang period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Kalingga period NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasMonument	Borobudur NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalasan temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendut temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Plaosan temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Prambanan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sari temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Sewu temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Sailendra dynasty rule ⓘ Sanjaya dynasty rule ⓘ
hasRuler	Balitung NERFINISHED ⓘ Daksha NERFINISHED ⓘ Rakai Pikatan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanjaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tulodong NERFINISHED ⓘ Wawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Indian culture ⓘ Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Hindu-Buddhist syncretism ⓘ Prambanan temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ early Javanese state formation ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ temple architecture ⓘ
language	Old Javanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
significantEvent	construction of Borobudur ⓘ construction of Prambanan ⓘ eruption of Mount Merapi (c. 10th century) ⓘ
startTime	8th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited