Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby
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The Subashi Buddhist temple ruins are the remains of an important ancient Buddhist monastic complex near Kuqa in Xinjiang, China, notable for its role on the Silk Road and its distinctive desert landscape setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6621065 — 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: Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby Context triple: [Kuqa, knownFor, Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby]
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A.
Huma Leaning Temple (nearby)
Huma Leaning Temple is a uniquely tilted Shiva temple in Odisha, India, renowned for its mysterious leaning structure and religious significance.
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B.
Sambisari temple
Sambisari Temple is a 9th-century Hindu Shiva temple buried for centuries under volcanic ash near Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and later excavated and restored as an important archaeological site of the Medang Kingdom.
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C.
Sewu Temple
Sewu Temple is a large 8th-century Buddhist temple complex in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned as one of the oldest and most significant religious monuments near the Prambanan area.
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D.
Iki Kokubun-ji ruins
The Iki Kokubun-ji ruins are the archaeological remains of an ancient provincial Buddhist temple on Iki Island in Japan, reflecting the island’s historical role in Japan’s early religious and administrative network.
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E.
Bonbibi temple
Bonbibi temple is a small shrine in the Sundarbans dedicated to Bonbibi, the forest guardian deity revered by local communities for protection from tigers and other dangers.
- 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: Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby Target entity description: The Subashi Buddhist temple ruins are the remains of an important ancient Buddhist monastic complex near Kuqa in Xinjiang, China, notable for its role on the Silk Road and its distinctive desert landscape setting.
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A.
Huma Leaning Temple (nearby)
Huma Leaning Temple is a uniquely tilted Shiva temple in Odisha, India, renowned for its mysterious leaning structure and religious significance.
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B.
Sambisari temple
Sambisari Temple is a 9th-century Hindu Shiva temple buried for centuries under volcanic ash near Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and later excavated and restored as an important archaeological site of the Medang Kingdom.
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C.
Sewu Temple
Sewu Temple is a large 8th-century Buddhist temple complex in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned as one of the oldest and most significant religious monuments near the Prambanan area.
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D.
Iki Kokubun-ji ruins
The Iki Kokubun-ji ruins are the archaeological remains of an ancient provincial Buddhist temple on Iki Island in Japan, reflecting the island’s historical role in Japan’s early religious and administrative network.
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E.
Bonbibi temple
Bonbibi temple is a small shrine in the Sundarbans dedicated to Bonbibi, the forest guardian deity revered by local communities for protection from tigers and other dangers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery ruins
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Buddhist temple ruins ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| access | road from Kuqa ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kingdom of Kucha ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| environment | arid climate ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists from early 20th century onward ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
4th century
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5th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ |
| foundArtifacts |
Buddhist sculptures
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architectural decorations ⓘ wall paintings fragments ⓘ |
| function |
Buddhist monastic complex
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religious center on the Silk Road ⓘ |
| hasPart |
assembly halls
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courtyards ⓘ eastern temple area ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ stupas ⓘ western temple area ⓘ |
| hasView | surrounding desert hills ⓘ |
| heritage | Silk Road Buddhist site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aksu Prefecture
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Kuqa ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kuqa River
ⓘ
Kuqa city ⓘ
linked to:
Kuqa City
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| locatedOn |
Silk Road
ⓘ
linked to:
Silk Road routes
northern edge of the Tarim Basin ⓘ |
| material |
adobe
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mud brick ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Kizil Caves
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Kuqa Grand Canyon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale Buddhist monastic remains in a desert setting
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role in transmission of Buddhism along the Silk Road ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected cultural relics site at regional level ⓘ |
| region | northwestern China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| style | Central Asian Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| terrain | desert landscape ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby Description of subject: The Subashi Buddhist temple ruins are the remains of an important ancient Buddhist monastic complex near Kuqa in Xinjiang, China, notable for its role on the Silk Road and its distinctive desert landscape setting.
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